In my last blog, I wrote about the destructive chaos of the political scene, and relearned that, like the rest of the human species, I don’t tolerate chaos well. Polarization is now trapped at the end of its road—the Right stuck in destruction and the Left in outrage. I simply want to shut it out. […]
Each day I read another chapter of the ongoing destruction of government, the embodiment of the value system that has held us together. Each day I read the struggles of the Supreme Court to preserve the Constitution—the core framework that holds the value system in place. And each day I try to imagine where it […]
I’ve written a lot about the way people’s negative attitude toward government has made them vulnerable to Trump’s contempt for the rule of law. Whether it’s the conservatives’ belief that government service is a haven for unambitious laggards or the liberals’ attack on “the establishment” as oppressor of the underdog, our government has become the […]
This morning, I’ve been reading a blog I never posted, a blog that expressed my outrage and shock at what we the people have done to ourselves. Ninety plus years have not prepared me for the pure hatred, arrogance, vengeance, gleeful exercise of power for its own sake with which Trump and Musk destroy department […]
It’s done. Trump has won not only the Presidency, but both houses of Congress and the Supreme Court. In the three weeks since his inauguration, he has stopped work in department after department, received the code to the Treasury, eliminated US foreign aid, and proceeded to round up immigrants—legal or not—and, just to show off […]
We are in limbo. That’s the short answer. I’ve spent the weeks since the election in shock—but not surprise, wondering why I was not surprised and trying to think of anything to say that would express my wordlessness. And failing. This is where polarization has taken us, and part of me feels my entire adulthood […]
This blog has been silent since July 26th, and I apologize for that. Health problems have sidelined me very effectively, though I’ve enjoyed following Kamala Harris’s campaign, relieved that we’ve finally gotten past the question of age. She is a surefooted and passionate candidate—a very effective antidote to Democratic lethargy. Trump’s path has followed […]
For two weeks, I’d been struggling to write a blog that captured the nation-shaking body-blows that came faster than my pen: Biden’s debilitated performance at the first debate, the Supreme Court decisions on Presidential immunity and the power of government agencies, and the assassination attempt on candidate Trump. On the other side, the rising calls […]
For left-leaning university departments to impose one political theory as Truth is brainwashing, not education and is very little different from powers on the right threatening the Speaker of the House for talking with the opposing party.
Donald Trump screams abuse at a courtroom he can’t control. House speaker Johnson faces threats to depose him if he brings legislative order to the House. Against the ever-increasing loss of life, Ukraine continues to resist the control of Putin. Netanyahu promises annihilation of Hamas, who seeks the destruction of Israel. The press is […]
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Few tenets of the US Constitution have been as […]
When asked about his advanced age, President Biden’s response was, “Watch me.” On March 7th, he gave a ninety-minute performance that should have silenced the nay-sayers of both parties. The media, for the first time, was excited—even astonished?—by the speech. He dared to confront the enemy: “…When you get to be my age, certain […]
Judith Kirscht lives and works in the beautiful Puget Sound area. She is the author of four published works of fiction with more to come soon!
