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Denigrating the norms of our political system

Nick J. Licata

August 10, 2020

Denigrating the norms of a political system can undermine even the greatest and strongest of republics, as it transformed the 400-year-old Roman Republic into a dictatorship. This past week President Trump continued to ignore the norms of how a functioning democratic government works by finding ways to make changes without seeking approval from congress.

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People

“Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.'' - From The Prophet Amos

Annie Searle

January 20, 2020

On January 9, 1987, a date when most of my current students had not yet been born, President Ronald Regan proclaimed the third Monday in January of each year a public holiday in honor of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK). He left an indelible mark upon me and hundreds of thousands of other Americans.

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World Views

I, Too, Have a Dream

Peter Corning

July 15, 2019

I see a transformative way forward for our endangered species. One missing piece is transformative leadership. I have an idea.

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Politics

“He’s P.T. Barnum”: The Trouble is, Politics Ain’t Show Biz

Peter Corning

May 01, 2018

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” The quote in my title (above) is how Donald Trump was once characterized by his sister – a federal judge. No kidding. Phineas Taylor Barnum was the nineteenth century self-described “showman” (he seems to have invented that job category) who made a fortune promoting celebrated hoaxes with gullible audiences. Barnum himself marveled at how willingly the American public “submits to a clever humbug.”