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Arlen is a writer/blogger living in Monterey, CA. His political blog is thebigpicturereport.com. He also wrote a quotation quiz "What's Your QQ?" at the Monterey Herald for 9 years. see quotationquotient.com.
(7 comments) SHARE Wednesday, September 7, 2011 Obama's Last Stand
Obama's Jobs Speech to a joint session of Congress on Thursday is probably his last opportunity to change the course of his failed presidency. He better go for broke. This is Obama's Last Stand.
(15 comments) SHARE Friday, February 8, 2013 It's the Postal SERVICE, Stupid
The Postal Service is under attack by Republicans who want to see it privatized and its labor unions weakened or eliminated. Congress has made it so the Postal Service is losing money and therefore is justifying more cuts and elimination of services. But why does the Postal Service need to make a profit anyway?
(4 comments) SHARE Saturday, September 17, 2011 Are Poor Americans People?
With the Supreme Court Citizens United decision, do corporations have more standing as people than those living in poverty?
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, June 23, 2022 How Putin--and Trump--Ruined America
The efforts of Russian President Vladimir Putin to help assist Donald Trump become president paid big dividends. America has turned into a mean, intolerant, and bitter nation, split apart into two widely divergent political and cultural factions. Putin must be happy to see the results of his interference.
(8 comments) SHARE Tuesday, February 19, 2013 It's Time to Choose: Democracy or Plutocracy?
We mustn't allow campaign finance reform to slip to the bottom of our priorities. With all the other GOP election tricks, and with a favorable Democratic election in 2012, Citizens United runs the chance of being ignored. If so, Democrats and progressives will likely pay a heavy price.
(8 comments) SHARE Saturday, August 27, 2022 The Trump Empire's Final Days
Why did Donald Trump fight so hard to overturn the 2016 election? Most likely because he realized that if he were the sitting president he would be immune to criminal charges. Not so if he was out of office.
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, April 24, 2019 Is This How Fascism Begins?
Does America have some of the same conditions that spawned fascism in the 1930s? There are similarities, enough to make us worry.
(6 comments) SHARE Saturday, September 11, 2021 9/11: The Senseless Way We Handled It
Let's not dwell too much on 9/11. In so many ways it ruined our country, especially the way we handled it afterwards.
(3 comments) SHARE Saturday, September 10, 2011 Cynical and Suspicious Observers
Some cynical and suspicious observers might question the veracity and timing of the latest "credible but unconfirmed" terrorist threat.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, October 2, 2023 Trump Will Not be President--It Will be His Choice
There is only one logical way for Donald Trump to avoid what terrorizes him most, going to prison. Merrick Garland is probably uncomfortable with sending an ex-president to jail. The solution: a plea deal in which Trump will avoid prison, but it will have to be at the cost of agreeing not to run for president. It will be in the best interests of the country.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, May 20, 2022 The Last Days of American Democracy?
Democracy, as we know it in America, is in great danger. The Republican Party is nuts but they are surging. If they win back Congress in November, democracy will be in danger. They seem poised to win and Democrats appear hopeless. The Supreme Court draft resolution on abortion rights gives Democrats something to run on and energize their passive voters. Can they take advantage of this great opportunity?
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, October 31, 2012 Best-Case Election Scenario: The Status Quo
Even if Barack Obama wins the presidency, he will likely be stuck with the same kind of Congress we have now. So don't go overboard celebrating an Obama victory...unless you enjoy Washington gridlock.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, September 1, 2012 The Big Lie--History Repeating Itself
The GOP appears to be doubling down on its lies and distortions of reality. But it's nothing new, as we see in a 1944 campaign speech by FDR.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, June 7, 2012 Wisconsin: The Final Nail in the Coffin of American Democracy
It is no longer accurate to call our political system a democracy. The money that corporations and billionaires can pour into American elections overwhelms popular will
and determines who controls our government.
(13 comments) SHARE Monday, November 23, 2015 How to Control Terrorism--A Radical Plan
How to get out of the endless cycle of violence: Get Our military out of the Middle East. Even more radical: Use the saved money to help Muslim countries. Long-term goal: Less violence and more peace.
(6 comments) SHARE Sunday, October 9, 2011 Hope at Last? The Path Out of the American Nightmare
Two solutions, and the second must piggyback off the first, may offer hope that the decline of America could be reversed. It's a long shot, but there are signs that a reawakening is upon us.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, October 6, 2011 Hope at Last? The Path Out of the American Nightmare
At last, a ray of hope? Two solutions, and the second must piggyback off the first, offer a chance to reverse this country's disastrous political and economic problems.
(6 comments) SHARE Saturday, May 26, 2012 Even Best-Case Election Scenarios Not Very Promising
Even if the Democrats sweep the 2012 election, the best-case scenario, the path toward a theocratic police state corporatocracy will only be slowed, not stopped.
(7 comments) SHARE Wednesday, February 6, 2013 Should We Know Why the Government Can Decide to Kill Us?
Does the CIA have a right to assassinate a U.S. citizen without due process? This is a question that should come up in the confirmation hearing for CIA director nominee John Brennan and this policy needs to be reexamined.