The View From 1964

The voters that scare me are the sheep. Here is how to vote, do it this way because I told you to. That is what keeps me up at night. Those are people with unfertilized minds. The seeds didn't find anything to take root in. Dead turf. Besides, if you find the right pan, it isn't that uncomfortable. And it keeps that mighty fine looking gray hair perfectly in place.

Because what we have is broken. The two party system that limits our choices to two flavors of the same noise, backed by dark money from both directions that you mostly never hear about. Citizens United didn't just open the door — it took the door off the hinges. The Federalist Society on one side, the Tides Foundation and Priorities USA on the other, and the rest of us standing in the room where the door used to be wondering why it's so cold.

That is not a rhetorical question. It is the most practical question anyone can ask right now. Seeds need ground. Ground needs memory. Memory needs honesty. We are running out of all three.

From the Author of The Long View From 1964 The Second Amendment was never about Vinney the desperado riding into town looking for a fight. It was never about bravado or immunity or masks or the performance of toughness by people who have never actually been tested.

The donkey and the elephant. I'm not sure either animal still exists in any form I recognize. What replaced them nobody has named yet.

From the Author of The Long View From 1964 He is priming the pump AGAIN

'Second String Donny' Feel free to use it. Johnny Appleseed didn't trademark the seeds.

There is no party infrastructure, no primary, no institutional home for the person who looks at both options and says — honestly, clearly, without drama — neither of these fits. The labels don't fit anymore. And the system was not built for the moment when the labels stop fitting.

From the Author of The Long View From 1964 The first string was either fired or asked to resign. What we have left is the second string. At best.

The game was designed so that nobody wins. Stop playing.

So yes. You have to make mistakes to learn. You have to touch something hot to understand burns. You have to get things wrong before you understand what right costs. But the secret — the thing the scars actually teach you if you pay attention — is to get a small burn and learn your lesson. Not go down in the flames.

Back to Superman, because that's what this is all about. Truth, Justice and the American Way. Straight from the 1940's comic books So I ask you — by today's standards, what is the American Way?

Boy is he in for a rude surprise. Vinnie is brave only because he thinks he's the fastest. He's never actually been tested. He's never stood in front of someone who knows exactly what they're doing and has nothing left to prove.

That's why he needs the bunker. And he knows it. Which is why he is in such a panic to get it built. He doesn't plan on going anywhere, and I think he has realized that even Bubba is going to end up on the other side of this one.

That's why he needs the bunker. And he knows it. Which is why he is in such a panic to get it built. He doesn't plan on going anywhere, and I think he has realized that even Bubba is going to end up on the other side of this one.

A plea to those who still have a choice The gold can be removed from the walls. The statesman's office can be restored. Exhibits can be returned. Murals can be uncovered if they are not first destroyed. But only if someone in the room decides that their own legacy matters more than their current proximity to his. You know who you are.

A plea to those who still have a choice The gold can be removed from the walls. The statesman's office can be restored. Exhibits can be returned. Murals can be uncovered if they are not first destroyed. But only if someone in the room decides that their own legacy matters more than their current proximity to his. You know who you are.