This is quickly becoming an utterly preposterous presidency. I look at Mr Trump’s press conference on Thursday and think, is this really the guy in charge? I smack myself to try and wake up but just end up with a red spot on my check because this, unfortunately, is our reality. To think Mr Trump… Continue reading
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Eight Days
It feels like we’ve had him for five years. It’s only been eight days. I have grave concerns. One of the Executive Orders signed by President Trump on Friday essentially amounts to the promised Muslim ban. It should be well noted here that Mr Trump has been clear that Christians will be prioritized. Now, for… Continue reading
Tomorrow
The sun rose in Orlando this morning. I’m not sure why; it doesn’t have anything positive to shine down upon. It did make a statement with its color choice, however. I sit on the lanai sipping my morning espresso, the clouds that are in the sky have a red haze to them. I won’t say… Continue reading
Make American Great Again
The slogan is fantastic, in every sense of the word. It generates feelings of nostalgia for the good times that have passed us by. It generates feelings of resentment that those times are now gone. But it also generates feelings of hope that the nostalgia we all dream of will one day return. Or does… Continue reading
Your Interpretation of the Second Amendment is Wrong
Historically, the Second Amendment was never intended to grant an individual right to carry a gun with them wherever they go. I can already sense the blood pressure of many conservatives rising! Justice Scalia called himself a textualist who would interpret the Constitution as it was understood at the time of writing. History shows us… Continue reading
If Only More People had Guns We Would All be Safe
Guns. Yep. Here we go again. This year, a year which is only eight weeks old, has seen over 7500 instances of gun violence. As of the writing of this article, there have been over 1900 gun related deaths in 2016. Take a moment and let that sink in. How many of those 1900 deaths… Continue reading
The Court Needs Imbalance
I had intended this week to move on from Justice Scalia and discuss other pressing matters. However, conservative ignorance won’t allow me to do so. I’ve had countless friends, colleagues and strangers tell me I’m an idiot, that I should let the country decide the next Supreme Court Justice. As I touched on last week,… Continue reading
Can Obama Nominate a New Justice?
Many people have ravaged Justice Scalia for his originalist and pure textualist view of the Constitution, myself included. While I can only speak for myself, the reason I did so was not to bring a man down, rather, it was to, in my own small way, attempt to raise the level of debate in this… Continue reading
Disappointment in the President
I am disappointed in President Obama. What?! Yes, it’s true. I am disappointed in the president. I still support him and most of his policies but I wish he would do more. Not that his poll numbers are very high at present but, even if they were, that should be the last of his concerns…. Continue reading
Condemning the Innocent
It is no secret I oppose capital punishment. I don’t oppose it because I don’t believe the guilty should pay for their crimes. I do oppose it because revenge is not justice. I oppose it because it is the ultimate punishment that is carried out far too easily in a flawed justice system. We have… Continue reading