Part III THE RESPONSE The Fundamental Conundrum (Thoughts at the Finish of Rob Reiner’s Podcast, “Who Killed JFK?” 1/24/24) As Rob Reiner said towards the end, it is probably less important now to determine with certitude the names of the individuals who fingered the triggers than to consider the larger implications of the facts ofContinue reading “The Long Clasp (Post 15)”
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Post-Constitutional America
Governor Greg Abbott of Texas laments the prospect of living in a “post-Constitutional” America. And well he should. So do we all. It hasn’t happened yet, of course, but he fears that he will be compelled to bring it on. How is that possible, one might ask. Because the Supreme Court might decree that heContinue reading “Post-Constitutional America”
The Long Clasp (Post 12)
Part IIThe Threat **THE PEOPLE §§ Difference is not Division §§(continued) {But what if the lowliest of us are the regulators? What if we take it upon ourselves to determine how best, how reasonably and justly, to regulate conflict? A place to start would be to discern why earlier attempts failed.} [end of post 11]Continue reading “The Long Clasp (Post 12)”
The Long Clasp (Post 11)
Difference is not Division
The Long Clasp (Post 10)
Part IIThe Threat **THE PEOPLE §§§ Race and The People The principles invoked by Jefferson are moral principles: All men are created equal, endowed with. . .; Do unto others as. . .; Love your neighbor as. . .. “We the People of the United States of America” is a political construct. The phrase disincludesContinue reading “The Long Clasp (Post 10)”
Democratic Republicanism vs. Republican Demockery
The authors of the US Constitution gave detailed account of the purposes and the bases of the governmental structure which they had proposed for adoption by the People of the United States. They did this in a series of 85 essays, later collected as “The Federalist Papers.” Characteristic of their account are these remarks ofContinue reading “Democratic Republicanism vs. Republican Demockery”
The Long Clasp (Post 7)
Part IIThe Threat *UNION §§ The Defect In considering the necessity to throw over utterly the Articles of Confederation as inadequate to sustain the Union, Hamilton, in particular, analyzed nine major defects of that document. The great and radical vice in the construction of the existing Confederation is the principle of LEGISLATION for STATESContinue reading “The Long Clasp (Post 7)”
The Long Clasp (Post 6)
Part IIThe Threat *UNION § Politics How shall we understand “power”? Without waxing prolix and philosophical, I offer the following thoughts by limiting its use to the everyday world of human beings. “Power” refers to the wherewithal to direct and control desired outcomes. The strength of that power may emanate from the character, the will,Continue reading “The Long Clasp (Post 6)”
The Long Clasp (Post 5)
Part IIThe Threat *UNION USAmerican exceptionalism lies not in the hand of God, nor in its economic/military dominance of the world, nor in the accident that this is my country. Human beings, thoughtful, serious, profoundly capable human beings, two-and-a-half hundred years before our time at a moment of economic and military ebb tide, acted onContinue reading “The Long Clasp (Post 5)”
The Long Clasp (Post 4)
*** The Challenge Human nature—that fecund field strewn as well with all the seeds of noxious weeds and nettles as with those of all perfumy petals and productive harvest—ever works at odds with social good. “Ambition, avarice, personal animosity, party opposition” “the ambition and jealousy of each other” “preconceived jealousies and fears” “glory,Continue reading “The Long Clasp (Post 4)”
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