So, there’s a fascinating article over on the Atlantic you ought to see. In Was Gary Hart Set Up? James Follows answers his own question with, yeah, probably. You’ll recall that Gary Hart was a frontrunner for president in 1987. But, then, surprise! He was caught in what looked like an affair aboard the U.S.S.…

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Yesterday, I begged you not to vote for a Third Party, at least not just yet. Maybe in a few years, yes, we can work for a Green Party or a Social Democratic Party that can function at the national level. But right now, with Trumpian Fascists running the GOP, we have to support the…

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Yesterday, I asked you to please, Please, PLEASE vote. Well, today, I’m going to ask you for another favor. And it is almost as big. I’m going to ask you not to vote for someone who can’t win. Specifically, I am going to ask you…beg you!…not to vote for a Third Party if it might…

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Hi, Everyone, Normally I don’t directly address anyone in my little pieces here on Liberal Resistance. But, today, I’m going to make an exception. In fact, I’m going ask you to do me a huge favor. I’m also going to ask you to do your nation a huge favor. And the world! I’m going to…

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It is no news, now, that Washington Post journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, was lured to a Saudi Consulate in Istanbul early this month, and that he never came out again. He was a Saudi national but a US resident (he lived in Virginia), and he was a known critic of his government, and …while this is…

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…whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends [including Liberty], it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government…        ~The Declaration of Independence We cannot accept a government that is fundamentally undemocratic. Half the Senate is elected by states with 16% of the…

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If you’ve never been fired, good for you. But if like many of us you have, you know it usually isn’t a great feeling. It’s not as bad as some things in life, but it’s better to hear “you’re hired” than, “you’re fired.” Speaking of “you’re fired,” it’s been a catch-phrase of Trump since the…

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Summary: The Devil’s Triangle is a mysterious phrase that appears in Brett Kavanaugh’s high school yearbook. The question is what does it mean. Kavanaugh himself claims that it is a reference to a drinking game. However, there is disturbing evidence that it is actually a reference to three-way sex, with the woman an unwilling partner.…

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I am going to confess to you today. I am going to confess that I went to bed last night quite depressed. Indeed, desolate. I woke up this morning the same way. I was, and am, despairing because of Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh. Last night, I knew that the GOP would attempt to…

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So who won? Right now, it is impossible to say. As a liberal, and a Trump opponent, I think Ford did. I think she presented her case extraordinarily well, and controlled the narrative from beginning to end. But, come, let us confess. Others will see the affair quite differently. Many, and not just men, and…

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