Iridescent Lens

Donald Trump and his cronies stir the frenzy continuously. They want to be on the front page every day, and fire up one emotional controversy after another to keep their names at the forefront of the American and world psyche. How do they do this? First, they know that we're all fairly primitive with our thoughts and desires. They understand how to inflame our emotions with sound bites, slick marketing, lies, and exaggeration. They love to get us going. Next, they love to mock us. They take the words we use and turn them around to serve their aim. This is a sport for them. And, they want to take us away from the deep, good work that helps us to be smarter, more strategic, and deeper with regard to getting what we desire--the good humane policies and laws that will take us forward as a country for all. If we're in the frenzy we'll get lost in a circular activity that leads to nowhere like a dog chasing its tail. So what can we do instead. First, see the Trump marke

I really love being an American and living in such a beautiful country. I honor our great laws, values, and government, and I am so concerned about the abuse of power President Trump and his Republican cronies have supported in the past few years. When a president shows no interest in the bogus influence of a foreign country on our government, and when a president's closest advisors have been repeatedly arrested or part of a alarming revolving door of advisors/administrators, there's clearly a problem at hand. Further when a President of the United States doesn't follow simple norms of civility, respect, and character that problem becomes greater, and when a president stays silent in the face of prejudice, discrimination, and inhumanity, the kind that's at play at the border, we clearly have a leader who does not respect the essence of our country's value which is the goal of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all." American has a big probl