Politics: a view from the prairie

Presidents, as well as other famous people, used to get a small entry in these one volume encyclopedias that used to be popular when we stil...

I was at the book store, where I am now only stopping by every two weeks. Not that it has many clients. I was sick of staring at e-books, so...

There are issues in the election, and Trump has taken the riots to mean he needs to push for Law and Order. The wall with Mexico was getting...

There's just been a lot going on, with our coronavirus social distancing and then an event, a rather small event as far as abuse of blac...

We have a president who wants to meddle in decisions by healthcare professionals, who also completely disregarded our health and even our in...

This time I have a simple message: If you are over 50, stay at home if you can. If you get cabin fever, go outdoors. You can even drive some...

Our states have been labeled red and blue by the last election. There are common ideas that unite both parties, but the future trends i...

Draining the swamp has been used in politics since 1900. Victor L. Berger, a social democrat, used it in the US in the progerssive era. It...

In 1949 the German Republic got its current constitution. It was redone partly in 1990 to add East Germany. Our Constitution is from the 170...

This is going to be the Greta Thunberg thing again, if you want to know where this is going. But let's start with a more local thing. We...