debby long - essays Debby Long Works at Development Management Group, Inc. in Miami, Florida       Render Unto Caesar? - Religion is a strictly personal matter I Like Beer - If Democrats lose the 2022 midterm elections, we will lose our democracy. Belling the Cat - And what emerged from McCain’s defeat was nothing less than an incoherent collection of imbeciles like Jim Jordan of Ohio... Little Caesar - So, this story is about a small-time organized crime figure who uses extortion, bribery, tax evasion, fraud, and threats of violence to execute his endless get-rich schemes. A Coat - The Republican Party has absolutely nothing to offer America but political nihilism. A Crime Without A Name - It is critical that we scrutinize how and why America’s President, Donald Trump, has gotten away with murder. Dining With Trimalchio - High society is now represented by the founders of American Express, Drexel Burnham Lambert, and Burger King. Dumbbell - Moral Panic is the last redoubt of a hollowed out political party. Donald Trump Goes Home - Plato said that democracies like ours will inevitably take the notion of populism too literally and finally yield to its own illogic. Let Me Die In My Footsteps - I will not agree to let America bleed to death and not fight to preserve its ideals, its soul. Memento Mori - We are a dumbed-down country where few value history or literature, and most can’t even spell properly in their own language. God's Sale Force - Donald Trump can be understood as an organized crime figure, but he is also a pseudo religious figure, and that is why so many Americans worship him and gather in droves to idolize him. The Sargasso Sea - We are watching one of the greatest military blunders in modern European history unfold in real time. Showing Too Much Snout - I always wondered whether Limbaugh’s addiction to opiates was his effort to silence the incessant squealing of his withering soul. Rats in the Walls - What should be recognizable to all at this point is that the Republican Party is now a full-throated terrorist organization itself - much like the Taliban and al-Qaeda. The Misbegotten Male - "For Republicans in Texas and other Republican controlled states, the establishment of a male patriarchy that is much like that of the Taliban is clearly considered a virtuous endeavor.." Lorem Ipsum - Theirs not to not to reason why; theirs but to do and die. Gross Moral Turpitude - Crimes of moral turpitude still exist in America, particularly with respect to immigration and contract law. Game Theory For Dummies - At first, I thought Donald Trump was Jesse Ventura in a wig. Then I suspected that he was The Fat Hitler. A Canticle For Humanism - By applying reason and logic to events both contemporary and throughout history, I began to feel like I could see the history of the future. The Tout - The Republican Party is the American Mafia dressed up as capitalism. The Tempest - The Middle East – the “cradle of civilization” – is shipwrecked on the shores of religion. The Road To Appomattix - Joe Biden is mounting a “March to the Sea” to save the Union from the depredations of the party of business, the Corporate Republican Party. I Paint What I See - Art is history, an expression of its moment. And Diego Rivera’s fresco was, indeed, that. Obedience - A week ago, I received a death threat on Facebook. It was in response to a discussion about gun control, something that I strongly advocate Donald and his Droogs - After Donald Trump exhorted his cult followers to lay siege to the United States Congress on January 6th, 2020, five people lost their lives. We Want Them Infected - For Trump, those who die from the coronavirus are “superfluous people”, or in his mob style vernacular: they are nothing but “losers”. Simulacra - Donald Trump has taken Friedrich Engels’s definition of False Consciousness and made it into a fatuous reality TV show. A Crime Without A Name - It is critical that we scrutinize how and why America’s President, Donald Trump, has gotten away with murder. 100 Seconds To Midnight - The clock will be reset in January of 2023 The Insolence Of Office - Convicting Donald Trump is the most urgent project in America today. Living the American Dream - For Fascism to rise to power in a democracy, there are several steps that must be followed. Atlas Shrugged - Donald Trump is what happens when the Republican Party gets into power and lets out a mighty shrug The Hypocrite - “A hypocrite is a man who murdered his parents and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.” – Abraham Lincoln The Victimhood Of Donald Trump -  It’s getting weird here in America. Pregnant women are being painted as whores, men are swaggering about as if they all have harems, and grievance has been entered into the American canon as the new burning bush of American democracy. The Wealth Of Nations - “Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining.” – Anonymous A Cuckoo's Nest - The good old days. When competition was effectively controlled by class, race, and gender. When monogamy was primarily practiced by women. Indra's Net - There’s a journey that we must take now to prevent the cataclysmic consequences of a divided world where the growing chasm between people and cultures does not cause another Holocaust, another metaphorical global Flood!                   Copyright 1997 - 2024 lairdslair.com All Rights Reserved Contact Webmaster     Online 28 Years This site uses javascript