Author: Red Harvest

“The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which all other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery.” -Thomas Paine In this series I’ve tried to make the...

“The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.” -Pierre Abelard

First off, I just wanted to say thanks for the positive and encouraging feedback I received from my initial post. For quite some time I have sensed – and the comments seemed to confirm – that there is a growing feeling of unease and frustration among many on the left, a feeling that stems from their perception that the prescriptions endorsed by the leading voices of the liberal mainstream come uncomfortably close to satisfying that classic definition of insanity – i.e., doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

First in an occasional series Sub-title: Why the US government sucks so badly, and what (I believe) can and should be done about it. Good day all. Please pardon my presumptuousness in posting a diary – or more precisely,...