Someone dig up Thomas Jefferson. Whatever failings you ascribe him, the man was a hell of a statesman. His greatest failing was initiating with Alexander Hamilton the two-party system. One of the greatest failings of our democrazy is that it collapsed into a two-party system; which is perhaps more stable, but less productive. It lends itself to the idea that one side is right and one is wrong, and it's US vs. THEM. If only we could maintain a three-party system, and I'm not talking of Democrats, Republicans, and Everyone Else*. America needs a party unified not by ideas but by ideals; fidelity to the intent of the Founding Fathers and their great experiment, the philosophy behind it, and the original American motto: "Mind Your Business".
Time to wake up
Someone dig up Thomas Jefferson. Whatever failings you ascribe him, the man was a hell of a statesman. His greatest failing was initiating with Alexander Hamilton the two-party system. One of the greatest failings of our democrazy is that it collapsed into a two-party system; which is perhaps more stable, but less productive. It lends itself to the idea that one side is right and one is wrong, and it's US vs. THEM. If only we could maintain a three-party system, and I'm not talking of Democrats, Republicans, and Everyone Else*. America needs a party unified not by ideas but by ideals; fidelity to the intent of the Founding Fathers and their great experiment, the philosophy behind it, and the original American motto: "Mind Your Business".
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Gender, what a concept!
This is an essay I wrote but never shared after *last* year's #ComingOutDay. I touched it up a little, but it's still very rough (I've learned a…
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Where ya from? :)
The following piece is a monologue I performed for "The Griot Show" last weekend: I get asked this question a lot: "Where are you from?"…
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Coming to rest.
Copied from facebook (sorry, but it's something). One of the topics I was researching yesterday was sundive trajectories. It may be surprising, but…
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