Tag: Trump
WWIII May Have Already Started… Here’s What It Looks Like on the Ground
I made a bit of a mistake in my Thank You Comrade Putin post — a very American mistake — of believing that what happens in the U.S. is some kind of special history, when in fact, these days, everything must be taken in a global context. So here's a well-researched article by Michael Carpenter that ...
Can We Just Calm Down for a Minute, and Discuss Sensible Immigration?
Radical Centrism Papers: Immigration IImmigration is a hot-wired topic. Both Democrats and Republicans — understanding how frequently and baldly the issue has been demagogued — "play to the gallery," because, well, immigrants are a powerless constituency, so who gets hurt??? The not-surprising answer is that a few individuals and families get badly hurt, and that ...
Our Heart of Darkness
In honor of Black History Month, this is the first of a multi-part series on the struggle for racial equality in the U.S. I'm aware of the potential arrogance of writing about racial experience while occupying the throne of the U.S. racial pyramid (whiteness), however false it may be. I hope you will have forgiveness ...
Obama and Racism
Heart of Darkness III Warning: Not for the faint of heart. This post will likely offend some... please stop reading if you can't stand it. I'm not trying to be insulting, only honest. Because of our troubled history in this country with racist thinking in all its disguises (see my LAST POST about systemic racism), ...
Global Corporations; Global Solutions
Radical Centrism Policy Papers 2 I'm sure my three week absence of posts about politics, history and culture has been devastating to my devoted audience. My deepest apologies to both of you. My darkness of the last few weeks was due to the loss of my closest cousin, Sadie. Our love for each other, fostered ...
We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us…
Radical Centrism Papers: It's War. No Less Pt 3 My last two posts HERE and HERE, about fighting against the breakdowns in our political dialogue and institutional crises in our country have drawn a lot of comment and criticism, especially on Facebook. I have decided to handle that in a "Reader Feedback blog" in my ...
A Lesson in Citizenship and Politics
https://youtu.be/M7M4iB_d690 This is a worthy perspective from someone who has suffered greatly under the authoritarian regime of Vladmir Putin in Russia. Interviewing with Lawrence O'Donnell, Nadia Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot makes comparisons with Trump’s urges toward discrediting the media to what she experienced in Russia as Putin was taking the first steps in building his ...
MetaDada 'Pacolypse 
Readers React! So What Would YOU Do to Deconstruct Systemic Racism?
Below is a comment I received on my last post about ending system racism. It seems to require a fairly long response. Love to hear from more readers as well... Please comment below. From Shal: "OK, Pat..You are now on the clock..You are President of the US (not king or emperor, mind you) and you ...
By metadadablog on April 23, 2018