His crypto fascism has done a lot of damage to our democracy, but he is also failing at it –
for various reasons – compared to his notorious predecessors and peers.
The bottom-line test for any government is procuring the “common good.” China
has excelled at it. The enduring problem, as Plato warned, is how to control the controllers.
We need to stop repeating old, costly, and deadly mistakes. Will we ever learn?
A real-life version of William Golding’s famous (dark) novel tells a very different tale
about human nature. But what about Donald Trump?
It seems that cooperation has been the “master architect” of evolutionary complexity,
especially in humankind. That’s why ethics is important.
“Recovery” will not be enough; the status quo was not working for many of us. We must turn
in a new direction, with changed values, new policies, and revitalized institutions. Or else.
A Pulitzer Prize winning public health journalist who predicted the coronavirus pandemic
is warning us now about the “collective rage” yet to come. So, how will we respond?
The “biointensive” growing system, a modernized version of an ancient method, could provide a vast opportunity to employ idled workers and produce food.
The coronavirus could be called a “common bad.”
It reminds us that there are positive alternatives as well.
A political virus is assaulting our country, and the epicenter is Donald Trump.