America in crisis

7-23-17

America in Crisis: How Will We Get Out of this Mess?

by Richard Striner

Historical developments have been fooling the smart alecks since time immemorial, but here are different ways the future may unfold.

7-16-17

America in Crisis: Both Parties Have Forgotten the Lesson of the Great Depression

by Richard Striner

And that’s led to economic drift.

7-9-17

America in Crisis: Dangerous Flaws in the Structure of Our Government Could Lead to Our Undoing

by Richard Striner

If in 2020 the winner of the popular vote for president loses in the Electoral College, the rage of the decent American majority will surge as it has never surged before.

7-2-17

America in Crisis: Donald Trump Ascribes to His Victims What He Does to Them

by Richard Striner

Psychologists call this projection. It’s helping kill our democracy.

6-25-17

America in Crisis: Is a Second Civil War in the Making?

by Richard Striner

People on both sides of the culture war believe that their opposite numbers “don’t understand what America is all about.”

6-18-17

America in Crisis: Our Grotesque Predicament

by Richard Striner

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