Author: Joe Broadmeadow
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The Janus Decision: Corporate Money Loves Labor’s Loss
Continue Reading →In the US Supreme Court Janus case, the court has taken the first step to dismantle organized labor in favor of the influence and power of corporations and Republican-leaning candidates. (https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-1466_2b3j.pdf) The history of organized labor and the path to…
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Trumpisms: You Can’t Make this Stuff Up
Continue Reading →Here’s a collection of highlights of the Presidential Tweets. Just the mere thought of combining “Presidential” with “Tweets” is troubling. One would expect a more finessed and refined level of communication from a person elected to the office of the…
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Restacking the Supremes
Continue Reading →With the imminent retirement of Justice Kennedy, the specter of another Trump Supreme Court nominee looms. Those “never-Trumpers” are convulsed in anger and disappointment almost to apoplectic levels. Those who blindly support this President see this as the golden opportunity…
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Making a Point with Hypocrisy
Continue Reading →The latest example of political hypocrisy couched in moral outrage is the insistence, polite as it may have been, for Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave a local Virginia restaurant. The restaurant staff recognized Huckabee as a member of a party…
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Hiking as a Metaphor for Life: Learn, Earn, Return
Continue Reading →Hiking is the perfect teacher for understanding a life well lived. Each hike begins with enthusiasm and naivete` about what lies ahead. For those first few steps, one is filled with energy and the hope of discovery. Trail descriptions never…
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Tweeting Away while America’s Reputation Burns
Continue Reading →If we are paying Mr. Trump’s presidential salary based on the number of tweets he sends, we are getting our money’s worth. If it is on the quality of the tweets, not so much. “Children are being used by some…
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A Tweet a Day, Keeps Rationality Away
Continue Reading →In the latest tirade from the Commander-in-Chief, the President whined, “Why was the FBI’s sick loser, Peter Strzok, working on the totally discredited Mueller team of 13 Angry & Conflicted Democrats, when Strzok was giving Crooked Hillary a free pass…
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Notorious Ain’t the Word for Her
Continue Reading →If you haven’t seen the documentary, RBG, do yourself a favor and see it. The story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life from her birth (as a first-generation daughter born to immigrant parents), to her perseverance at Harvard and Columbia Law…
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Could This Be the One?
Continue Reading →Under the Heading Giving the Devil his Due. President Trump has potentially achieved two things no President has ever done before. He’s created an opportunity for the formal end of the Korean War and the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.…
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Here’s the Policy of the American Business I Would Run
Continue Reading →If you support the president, welcome. If you despise the president, welcome. If you pray to God, welcome. If you wonder if there is a god, welcome. If you love a person of the opposite sex, welcome. If you love…