Tag Archives: Patriotism

MAGA Congress: The Upward Distribution Of Wealth

  Pramilla Jayapal (D- Wash) summarizes how bad the cuts are (1 minute) Thom Hartmann has a real way of making hard to understand concepts pretty straight forward. In his daily letter for Wednesday, Hartmann explained how MAGA lawmakers are … Continue reading

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On Tyranny Lesson 19: Be A Patriot

From the On Tyranny series by Timothy Snyder, Lesson #19 of twenty. Check here for a lesson every Monday or you can find them on YouTube.  They are all short videos, no ads. In his explanation of this lesson he … Continue reading

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Patriotism And Politics In The United States

Patriotism and Politics in the United States A Guest Post by Ralph Scharnau As we celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, it seems appropriate to reflect on the founding of the American Republic. The patriots of the Revolutionary War era … Continue reading

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Patriotism, Trump, And The Constitution

by Ralph Scharnau The issue of patriotism has once again surfaced. Patriotism remains a loaded concept with differing ethnic, cultural, racial, gender, political, and historical meanings. Underlying the divisions, the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution remain the most … Continue reading

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