Tag Archives: politics

Book Spotlight- “The Populist Explosion” by John B. Judis

Posted on November 8, 2016 by tomdwyer

If you’re a little unsettled by the changing nature of politics at home and abroad you’re not alone. We often see current events in isolation, yet sometimes there is a deep connection between them. Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Brexit, Barack … Continue reading →

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Tom’s Tidbits- Trump may be smart, but we need to be smarter.

Posted on September 29, 2016 by tomdwyer

Greetings! They say that when you point one finger, three more point back at you. With that in mind I’d like to talk about three seemingly unrelated events… the Clinton/Trump debate, the ongoing criminality of Wells Fargo bank, and the … Continue reading →

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Popcorn Shorts for September 2016

Posted on September 29, 2016 by tomdwyer

Just like it says, Popcorn Shorts is about the kind of things we think are really interesting, but don’t really need a large article to explain them. From the sublime to the ridiculous, check in here for crunchy bits of … Continue reading →

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Weighing Our Choices

Posted on August 25, 2016 by tomdwyer

Which candidate best represents America’s priorities? America is about to choose either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump as President of the United States. That’s a surreal sentence to even write, but it is the choice we’ll all be faced with … Continue reading →

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Book Spotlight- “The Making of Donald Trump” by David Cay Johnston

Posted on August 25, 2016 by tomdwyer

Love him or hate him (and rest assured, it’s not love radiating over here), no one in recent memory has dominated America’s political landscape like Donald J. Trump. There’s a slough of Trump books already and more are on the … Continue reading →

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Popcorn Shorts for August 2016

Posted on August 25, 2016 by tomdwyer

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News To Make You Furious- The Dumbing Down of America

Posted on August 25, 2016 by tomdwyer

Where does the word “idiot” come from? It goes back to the inventors of democracy, the Greeks, who coined the term to describe people who didn’t (or couldn’t) participate in public life. Athenian “idiots” lived under laws and rules written … Continue reading →

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What’s happening to the Rule of Law?

Posted on July 28, 2016 by tomdwyer

Greetings! The Rule of Law, the quaint idea that societies should be governed by objective laws instead of the whims of individuals, dates back at least to the Code of Hammurabi in 1750 BC and predates democracy by about 1200 … Continue reading →

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Fascism in Amerika

Posted on December 6, 2010 by tomdwyer

Hi, I’m Tom Dwyer When I used the word “Fascism” in one of my ads four years ago, people unaware of the real meaning of the word thought I was nuts. Fascism; a system of Government controlled by Business… That … Continue reading →