Just Doing their Job! — In the past few months, I’ve been watching five seasons of another Dick Wolf creation called “FBI.” In the later hours of my day, I like an episode or two. This police drama follows two main protagonists, Maggie Bell and Omar Adom, who are FBI field agents working in New…

There is nothing more for us to learn! — Sam Young continues to challenge the TDG in a constructive way. In my article below, he commented with another perspective that deserves a big enough response to have its own separate TDG article. Sam, thank you for bringing this up. I like explaining different angles of the TDG. Bashing an Alternative Democracy Constructive Criticism Makes it Bettermedium.com

Is the TDG guilty of forcing a new moral code on us? — Many Medium readers will claim that what a politician does in his or her private life should have no bearing in his or her public life. If the politician is doing a good public job (whatever that means), democracy should keep the private details private. So I was expecting some…

How do we sideline them? — When I compare western democracy with an oligarchy, I see this one big difference: In a democracy, the people have a say in who governs them. In an oligarchy, most of the people have no say. I am an example of this profound difference. My heritage is from the peasant…

Government mismanagement again, right? — When Tyler Vigen observed a pedestrian bridge in Minnesota, he noticed it seemed to never have any pedestrians. He got a little curious and took a physical tour. This bridge crosses an interstate highway from one light industrial park to another light industrial park. There really was no reason for…

Finding political truth — Medium contributor Jakub Ferencik caught my attention a couple of years ago. He seems to be on a path of being a political influencer. So I bought his book “Beyond Reason.” Here is my review. My first observation is Jakub’s many citations from famous and not-so-famous philosophers, plus academics in…

Insights into the Medium algorithms — This is my second article of this series. Please don’t get me wrong; I’m not angry at anyone. I have accepted my position on Medium of being a bottom writer. I probably won’t rise until I abandon the idea that we need to build a new democracy. …

The Future of the USA belongs to Hunter’s Laptop — Buried somewhere in my almost 10,000 Medium responses is an argument with several Medium contributors in 2019. I was suggesting that the Democratic Party find someone other than Joe Biden as their presidential candidate for the 2020 election. My reason was Hunter Biden’s appointment to the board of directors of…

We are not a community — When I signed the lease on my apartment, the landlord said, “Don’t try to be friendly with your neighbor below.” I didn’t take her advice. As I was moving some stuff in, my neighbor was fumbling with her keys to get into her place. She looked about 70 years old…