Veterans understand the words, “I’ve got the conn.” For those of you who may not be vets, the term is the Navy tradition that only one officer has responsibility to give orders to the helmsman for the speed and direction of a ship. The purpose is always to …
Trump’s war on America reminds us of Jonathan Swift’s saying “A lie travels around the globe while the truth is putting on its shoes.” Thomas Jefferson’s version was “Falsehood will travel over the country, while truth is putting on its boots.” …
Barr, Donald Trump, Eric Trump, Larry Kudlow, Mel Goodman, Melvin A. Goodman, Pompeo, President Trump, RNC, Trump's liesDonald Trump’s anti-democratic war on the Post Office and the Census Bureau has targeted two of the oldest institutions in the country. The Post Office is older than the Constitution, tracing its roots to 1775 during the Second Continental Congress. The Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general. …
Census, DeJoy, Donald Trump, Mel Goodman, Melvin A. Goodman, Post Office, TrumpTrump’s war on arms control and disarmament ignores the destruction and devastation caused seventy-five years ago, when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing more than 200,000 Japanese and injuring another 100,000. The great fires that raged in each city consumed many of the bodies. If …
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There are no limits to the pernicious ugliness of Donald Trump’s war on the environment and its inhabitants. We have examples of personal ugliness toward the late Senator John McCain and his family as well as the treatment of the Gold Star family during the 2016 presidential campaign. There is …
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Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr, facing the possibility of less than six months in command, are stepping up their attacks on governance. Five Inspectors General have been removed since April; the Post Office has been placed in the hands of a political ideologue; and …
Attaks on Governance, Donald Trump, Mel-Goodman, Mel's Analyses, Melvin A. Goodman, TrumpThe Sarasota Herald Tribune originally published this opinion piece on July 16, 2020 as a Letter to the Editor, titled, Local, state, federal leaders have failed.
Newly commissioned US Army officers are required to attend a basic orientation course where leadership principles are taught. The worst decision …
Code of Conduct, COVID-19, Kevin Connelly, Leadership“Science denialism” is the worst aspect of the current political climate because it is costing lives. Donald Trump and Mike Pence are leading the movement, even supporting the notion that vaccines cause autism. Pence denies evolution as a concept. Trump’s hostility to science …
Coronavirus, COVID-19, Mel-Goodman, Mel's Analyses, Melvin A. Goodman, Pence, Science Denialism, TrumpWilliam Barr, Trump’s Cat’s Paw, was appointed as Attorney General of the United States in 2019. According to such political texts as How Democracy Dies by Harvard Professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, the first authoritarian step in compromising the rule of law and the rule of …
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As we get closer to the November election, Trump’s war on governance has increased. His attacks have battered the body politic of the United States.