The latest Supreme Court spectacle struggling over the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of American citizenship–some people call it the “Anchor Baby case”–was actually the most important case to date for the […]
Author Archives: Dr. David L. Horne, PHD
Posted inPractical Politics
The politics of trying to preserve this democracy in spite of
Not many of us—at least not enough of us—have been paying enough attention. We have become so used to things being the way they are that we no longer recognize […]
Posted inUncategorized
The Politics of ‘Wreck-It-Ralph’ actually trying to be ‘A Smooth Criminal’
Oh boy, the audacity of someone who knows what he doesn’t know, and so he has maximized the criminality he does know. The current U.S. president, Donald Trump, by all […]
Posted inPractical Politics
The politics of cheating to stay in charge
Currently, the California state effort to temporarily upend its current election redistricting process, initiated by the governor’s office, seems on track to be successful. We should not become complacent, however, […]
Posted inOp-ed, Opinion, Practical Politics
Practical Politics
While peace negotiations between warring states are nothing new in this modern era, the upcoming scheduled meeting planned between two heads of state, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir […]
Posted inOp-ed, Opinion, Practical Politics
Practical Politics
Donald Trump most often gives off the vibes of the clumsy Hyacinth Hippo from Walt Disney’s “Fantasia” trying to fit into a ballerina’s shoe. His continued, sometimes frenzied, quest for […]
Posted inOpinion
The politics of dealing with a gaffmobile president
Doubtless, the U.S. will survive the Trump administration. However, that survival will not be without relatively permanent scars. Last Wednesday on May 21 Donald Trump and several members of his […]
Posted inOp-ed, Opinion-OW, Practical Politics
Practical Politics
The politics of knowing for certain
when you’ve chosen badly
Posted inOp-ed, Opinion-OW, Practical Politics
Practical Politics
With President Trump in the White House this time, his character as a distinctive “agent of chaos” is on full display. In American and world literature, an “agent of chaos” […]
Posted inOp-ed, Opinion, Practical Politics
Practical Politics
To be clear, the recent tariffs imposed by POTUS Donald Trump will not help American taxpayers in the main. In fact, tariffs will distinctly hurt Black citizens in particular, since […]
