As of 5/4/20 | ||
# | Date | Title |
2 | 04/04/11 | My Political Philosophy |
U.S. Presidency | ||
420 | 04/24/13 | Evaluations of President Obama |
467 | 02/07/14 | President Obama Speaks Out for Religious Freedom |
467A | 02/07/14 | Comment: President Obama Criticized for Not Addressing U.S. Religious Freedom |
485 | 03/27/14 | President Obama’s Audience with Pope Francis |
829 | 05/11/16 | President Obama’s Challenging Commencement Address at Howard University |
830 | 05/12/16 | A Civics Lesson in President Obama’s Final State of the Union Address |
831 | 05/13/16 | Another Civics Lesson from President Obama at the Illinois General Assembly |
832 | 05/14/16 | President Obama’s Civics Lesson at Town Hall Meeting in London |
833 | 05/16/16 | Political and Civics Lessons from President Obama’s Speech at Rutgers University |
834 | 05/17/16 | Praise for President Obama’s Recent Civics Lessons |
834A | 05/17/16 | Comment: Adam Gopnik’s Reactions to President Obama’s Recent Speeches |
838 | 05/24/16 | Evaluating Bryan Stevenson Through the Prism of President Obama’s Speech at Howard University |
844 | 06/04/16 | Evaluating Ta-Nehisi Coates Through the Prism of President Obama’s Speeches at Howard and Rutgers Universities |
759 | 11/07/15 | Successful Democratic Presidential Forum |
870 | 08/02/16 | Wall Street Journal Editor Castigates Donald Trump |
870A | 08/06/16 | Sean Hannity and W.S.J. Editor Exchange Insults |
871 | 08/03/16 | President Obama and Others Call for Republicans to Stop Supporting Donald Trump |
872 | 08/08/16 | Conservative Columnist George Will Condemns Donald Trump |
873 | 08/08/16 | Prominent Republican National Security Officials Voice Vigorous Opposition to Donald Trump |
1308 | 11/15/18 | Beschloss Discusses “Presidents of War” at Westminster Town Hall Forum |
U.S. Senate Rules | ||
4 | 04/06/11 | The Abominable Rules of the U.S. Senate |
142 | 10/12/11 | The Abominable Rules of the U.S. Senate Are Modified |
142A | 10/14/11 | Comment: Wall Street Journal Criticizes Senate Vote on Chinese Currency Bill |
142B | 10/16/11 | Comment: New York Times Criticizes Chinese Currency Bill |
253 | 04/28/12 | Miniscule Proposed Changes to U.S. Senate Rules |
261 | 05/15/12 | U.S. Senate’s Filibuster Rule Under Attack |
261A | 05/18/12 | Comment: Differing Opinions on Constitutionality of Senate’s Filibuster Rule |
261B | 06/04/12 | Comment: Rebuttal to Criticism of U.S. Senate Filibuster Rule |
261C | 06/08/12 | Comment: Response to Republican Defense of Senate’s Filibuster Rule |
261D | 09/28/12 | Comment: Another Plea for Changing the Senate Filibuster Rule |
334 | 10/19/12 | The History of the U.S. Senate’s Filibuster Rule |
335 | 10/22/12 | Are the U.S. Senate’s Rules on Filibuster and Changing Those Rules Unconstitutional? |
336 | 10/25/12 | Jurisdictional Issues for Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of Senate’s Filibuster Rule |
365 | 12/22/12 | District Court Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of U.S. Senate’s Filibuster Rule |
568 | 11/04/14 | Courts Reject Lawsuit Challenging U.S. Senate’s Filibuster Rule |
343 | 11/08/12 | Open Letter to Members of U.S. Senate in the Upcoming 1113th U.S. Congress |
343A | 11/13/12 | Comment: New York Times Calls for Significant Weakening of U.S. Senate Filibuster Rule |
343B | 11/15/12 | Comment: Senator-Elect Elizabeth Warren Calls for Changing Filibuster Rule |
348 | 11/20/12 | Sign Petition for Reform of Senate Filibuster Rule |
352 | 11/30/12 | A Citizen’s Response to Washington Skirmishes Over the U.S. Senate’s Filibuster Rule |
353 | 12/03/12 | New York Times Hosts Debate Over the Filibuster |
354 | 12/04/12 | Washington Post Editorial Admits U.S. Senate Filibuster Rule Is Broken and Needs Fixing, But Not by Simple Majority Vote |
355 | 12/05/12 | Former U.S. Senator and Vice President, Walter Mondale, Supports Changing Senate Filibuster Rule |
362 | 12/18/12 | Update on Changing the U.S. Senate Filibuster Rule |
369 | 12/31/12 | Only Three Days Until U.S. Senate Decides on Filibuster Reform |
371 | 01/04/13 | U.S. Senate Postpones Filibuster Reform to January 22nd |
377 | 01/23/13 | U.S. Senate Again Postpones Decision on Filibuster Reform |
378 | 01/24/13 | U.S. Senate Adopts Modest Reform of Its Filibuster Rule |
379 | 01/26/13 | Additional Reactions to U.S. Senate’s Adoption of Modest Reforms to Its Filibuster Rule |
379A | 01/27/13 | Comment: Washington Post Endorses Senate’s Reform of Its Filibuster Rule |
393 | 02/28/13 | GOP Senators Continue To Flirt with Filibusters |
415 | 04/17/13 | The Outrageous, Dysfunctional U.S. Senate |
444 | 07/20/13 | “I don’t want to belong to any club [like the U.S. Senate] that will accept me as a member” |
573 | 11/13/14 | U.S. Senate Democrats Unwisely Re-Elect Harry Reid as Leader |
573A | 11/14/14 | Comment: More Information About Senate Democrats’ Re-Election of Reid as Leader |
961 | 02/09/17 | The Improper Use of Senate Rule XIX To Stop Senator Warren from Speaking |
971 | 03/10/17 | The U.S. Senate’s Dysfunctional Confirmation Process |
U.S. Senate Confirmation of Judicial Nominees | ||
814 | 04/13/16 | Senator Chuck Grassley’s Outrageous Conduct Regarding the Supreme Court Nomination of Merrick Garland |
862 | 07/18/16 | Wall Street Journal Publishes President Obama’s Plea for U.S. Senate Hearing and Vote on Nomination of Merrick Garland to U..S. Supreme Court |
1251 | 07/31/18 | Important Questions for Judge Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Hearing |
U.S. Senate Ratification of Treaties | ||
257 | 05/10/12 | Will the U.S. Senate Finally Give Its “Advice and Consent” to Ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty? |
265 | 05/24/12 | U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Holds Hearing on the Law of the Seas Convention |
265A | 05/25/12 | Comment: New York Times Reiterates Its Support of Ratification of Law of Sea Treaty |
265B | 05/29/12 | Comment: Analysis of Opposition to Law of Sea Treaty |
265C | 05/31/12 | Comment: Former Republican Secretaries of State Endorse Law of Sea Treaty |
265D | 06/13/12 | Comment: Former Republican Defense Secretary Opposes Law of Sea Treaty |
265E | 06/18/12 | Comment: Former Republican Official Disputes Rumsfeld’s Opposition to the Law of the Sea Treaty |
265F | 06/21/12 | Comment: Questions for Former Republican Official on Law of the Sea Treaty |
265G | 06/22/12 | Comment: Important Source of Commentary About the Law of the Sea Treaty |
265H | 06/23/12 | Comment: George Will Opposes the Law of the Sea Treaty |
265I | 06/26/12 | Comment: Rebuttal of Criticism of Law of Sea Treaty |
265J | 07/09/12 | Comment: Another Rebuttal to Rumsfeld’s Opposition to the Law of the Sea Treaty |
265K | 07/17/12 | Comment: Law of Sea Treaty Appears To Be Dead in Senate |
356 | 12/08/12 | The Difficulty of Obtaining U.S. Ratification of Multilateral Treaties |
528 | 07/12/14 | Ted Cruz Torpedoed U.S. Ratification of Treaty on Rights of People with Disabilities |
Dysfunctional U.S. Congress | ||
88 | 07/22/11 | Passionate, Committed Political Leadership |
89 | 07/23/11 | Disgusting U.S. Political Scene |
93 | 07/28/11 | The Founder of Modern Conservatism’s Perspective on the Current U.S. Political Turmoil |
94 | 07/29/11 | A Message for Speaker Boehner |
95 | 07/30/11 | Dysfunctional U.S. Congress Careens Towards U.S. Default |
100 | 08/02/11 | Dysfunctional U.S. Congress Averts Default |
104 | 08/06/11 | Downgrading the U.S. Credit Rating |
104A | 08/07/11 | Comment on Downgrading the U.S. Credit Rating |
104B | 08/08/11 | Comment: Additional Credit Ratings Downgrades by S&P |
368 | 12/27/12 | The U.S. Congress Continues To Demonstrate Its Dysfunctionality |
368A | 01/10/13 | Comment: Endorsement of Having a Bipartisan Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives |
374 | 01/15/13 | Additional Support for Reform of U.S. Congress |
510 | 05/26/14 | Another Perspective on the Dysfunctionality of the U.S. Government |
151 | 10/18/11 | Perryite Laments Misuse of His Hometown by Michelle Bachmann |
752 | 10/23/15 | The Atrocious Benghazi HearingHearing |
Interpreting/Amending U.S. Constitution | ||
26 | 05/04/11 | No to Constitutional Amendment on Taxes |
105 | 08/07/11 | A “Virtual” Constitutional Convention |
231 | 03/28/12 | The Antiquated U.S. Constitution |
231A | 04/10/12 | Comment: Another Constitutional Change: Term Limits for U.S. Supreme Court Justices |
268 | 05/29/12 | “Our Imbecilic Constitution” |
268A | 07/03/12 | Comment: Questioning the Power of the U.S. Supreme Court |
268B | 07/05/12 | Comment: The Founders Are Not Quasi-Religious Prophets |
268C | 07/05/12 | Comment: U.S. Needs Constitutional Changes |
280 | 06/19/12 | Interpreting the U.S. Constitution Regarding Economic Regulation |
282 | 06/23/12 | Other Approaches to Interpreting the U.S. Constitution Regarding Economic Regulation |
291 | 07/17/12 | Associate Justice Antonin Scalia’s Textualism Theory of Legal Interpretation Is Challenged |
291A | 07/19/12 | Comment: Justice Scalia and Bryan Garner Are Interviewed on TV |
291B | 07/23/12 | Comment: Another Review of Scalia/Garner Book |
309 | 09/01/12 | Judge Richard Posner Critiques Justice Scalia’s Textual Originalism Theory of Interpreting Legal Texts |
283 | 06/24/12 | The Role of Stare Decisis in the Forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court Decision on the Affordable Care Act |
285 | 07/05/12 | The U.S. Constitution’s Interstate Commerce Clause After the Supreme Court’s Decision on the Affordable Care Act |
287 | 07/10/12 | Proposals for Changing the U.S. Constitution |
U.S. Election Voting | ||
246 | 04/20/12 | “Healing the Heart of Democracy” |
337 | 10/29/12 | Maximize U.S. Voting! |
337A | 11/04/12 | Comment: Protecting the U.S. Right To Vote |
337B | 11/11/12 | Comment: Argument in Favor of Abolition of Electoral College |
337C | 11/16/12 | Comment: Abolish the Electoral College |
338 | 10/30/12 | Excesses of People Falsely Alleging Voter Fraud |
345 | 11/10/12 | The Urgent Need for Reform of U.S. Election Systems |
345A | 11/11/12 | Comment: Voter Anger Against Attempts at Voting Suppression |
345B | 11/12/12 | Comment: Another Argument that Republican Voter Suppression Efforts Fueled Minority Voting for Democrats |
349 | 11/22/12 | Improving U.S. Election Procedures |
376 | 01/19/13 | GOP Scheming To Thwart Majority Popular Vote for President |
376A | 01/25/13 | Comment: Under GOP Scheme, Romney Would Have Won Electoral College in Last Election |
376B | 01/26/13 | Comment: “Rig the Vote” |
376C | 01/28/13 | Comment: More Criticism of GOP Scheme |
376D | 01/28/13 | Comment: Haley Barbour Says No GOP Plot To Rig Electoral College Voting |
376E | 02/02/13 | Comment: Washington Post Condemns GOP Scheme To Rig Electoral College |
454 | 09/01/13 | Is This Blog’s Proposed Federal Voting Rights Act Constitutional? |
457 | 01/25/14 | Bipartisan Call for Reform of U.S. Elections |
457A | 02/03/14 | Comment: Washington Post Endorses Presidential Commission’s Recommendations for Reforming U.S. voting Laws and Procedures |
395 | 03/04/13 | The Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
396 | 03/06/13 | The Voting Rights Act of 2006 |
397 | 03/08/13 | Prior U.S. Supreme Court Case Regarding the Voting Rights Act of 2006 |
399 | 03/11/13 | The D.C. Circuit’s Decision Upholding the Validity of the Voting Rights Act of 2006 |
402 | 03/18/13 | U.S. Supreme Court Shows Unjustified Hostility to Voting Rights Act of 2006 |
442 | 07/02/13 | U.S. Supreme Court Invalidates Key Provision of Voting Rights Act of 2006 |
446 | 07/26/13 | Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Criticizes Its Decision on the Voting Rights Act of 2006 |
447 | 07/29/13 | U.S. Needs New Voting Rights Act |
517 | 06/13/14 | Over-Reaction to Eric Cantor’s Defeat? |
546 | 09/04/14 | Alarming U.S. Federal Government Fiscal Challenges |
Native-Americans’ Legal Issues | ||
387 | 02/13/13 | Jurisdictional Black Hole for Certain Crimes by Non-Indian Men Against Indian Women on Indian Reservations |
394 | 03/01/13 | Congress Passes Violence Against Women Act of 2013 |
Racial Justice | ||
722 | 08/13/15 | Reactions to Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me” |
722A | 08/16/15 | Comment: Coates’ Comments on Books and Writers |
734 | 09/17/15 | Ta-Nehisi Coates Discusses the Age of Mass Incarceration |
750 | 10/18/15 | Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Unsatisfactory “Case for Reparations” |
798 | 02/03/16 | Additional Reflections on Ta-Nehisi Coates |
798A | 05/30/16 | Comment: Caveats to Coates’ Love of Paris |
844 | 06/04/16 | Evaluating Ta-Nehisi Coates Through the Prism of President Obama’s Howard and Rutgers Universities Speeches |
845 | 06/07/16 | Anthropologists’ Opinion That Race Is Not a Scientific Concept |
846 | 06/08/16 | Anthropologists’ Statement Regarding the Historical and Cultural Background of the Concept of Race |
853 | 06/27/16 | Highlights of American Anthropological Association’s Exhibit on Race |
581 | 11/26/14 | TODAY on Minnesota Public Radio: Bryan Stevenson’s “Just Mercy: Reforming the Criminal Justice System” |
581A | 07/04/17 | Bryan Stevenson’s Update on Racial Injustice |
793 | 01/19/16 | Bryan Stevenson’s Amazing Advocacy for Justice |
793A | 07/04/17 | Bryan Stevenson’s Update on Racial Injustice |
829 | 05/11/16 | President Obama’s Challenging Commencement Address at Howard University |
838 | 05/24/16 | Evaluating Bryan Stevenson Through the Prism of President Obama’s Howard University Speech |
876 | 08/17/16 | Honoring Victims of Racial Lynchings and Injustice |
876A | 08/23/16 | Bryan Stevenson Interviewed by Charlie Rose |
876B, | 07/04/17 | Bryan Stevenson’s Update on Racial Injustice |
922 | 12/06/16 | Important Criminal Justice Work Continued by Equal Justice Initiative |
922A | 07/04/17 | Bryan Stevenson’s Update on Racial Injustice |
852 | 06/24/16 | Long History of Racism in U.S. Laws Regarding United States Citizenship |
851 | 06/20/16 | Exploring Sub-Saharan African History |
751 | 10/20/15 | “Get Home Safely” |
918 | 11/21/16 | Richard and Mildred Loving’s Entanglement with Anti-Miscegenation Laws |
918A | 11/27/16 | Contemporary Interracial Couples’ Experience |
918B | 05/03/17 | Comments from Seven Minnesota Interracial Couples |
918C | 05/19/17 | Increase in Racial Intermarriage in U.S. |
918D | 06/04/17 | Broader Social Impact of Interracial Marriages |
918E | 06/13/17 | Additional Reflections on Impact of Supreme Court’s Loving Decision |
918F | 07/07/17 | Additional Reflections on Supreme Court’s Loving Decision |
973 | 03/15/17 | Proposed Reparations for Slavery |
973A | 03/26/17 | Georgetown University Employee’s Ancestor Was Slave Sold by the University |
Judicial Immunity | ||
894 | 10/04/16 | New U.S. Statute Creates Another Exception to Foreign State (Sovereign) Immunity |
894A | 12/01/16 | Suggestion That Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act Is Unconstitutional |
898 | 10/11/16 | Pre-Veto Controversies Regarding the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) |
912 | 10/30/16 | Possible Amendments to New Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) |
U.S.-Ecuador Relations | ||
11 | 04/09/11 | Unfortunate Ecuador-U.S. Diplomatic Spat |
438 | 06/17/13 | Ecuador Continues To Restrict Freedom of the Press |
438A | 06/19/14 | Comment: U.S. Expresses Concern Over Ecuadorian Communications Law |
U.S.-Turkey Relations | ||
879 | 08/23/16 | Turkey Presses U.S. To Extradite Muslim Cleric in U.S. |
879A | 08/23/16 | U.S. Confirms Turkey’s Request for Extradition of Cleric Is Not Related to Attempted Coup |
879B | 08/24/16 | Other Voices on Turkey and Fethullah Gulen |
880 | 08/25/16 | On Visit to Turkey, Vice President Biden Discusses Possible U.S. Extradition of Fethullah Gulen |
880A | 08/26/16 | New York Times Editorial Highlights Challenges for U.S.-Turkey Alliance |
U.S. –Russia Relations | ||
907 | 10/22/16 | An Impressionistic View of the Russian Federation |
907A | 10/24/16 | Other Evidence of Russian War Fears |
915 | 11/04/16 | Hillary Clinton and Vladimir Putin’s Hostile Relationship |
916 | 11/05/16 | Russian State-Owned Media Support Donald Trump’s Candidacy |
U.S. Population & Immigration | ||
979 | 03/27/17 | The Importance of a Growing U.S. Population |
979A | 04/03/17 | Comment about Nick Kristoff by Chuck Coate |
979B | 04/03/17 | Response about Nick Kristoff |
979C | 05/07/17 | U.S. Needs Immigrants for Economic Growth |
983 | 04/10/17 | Disagreement About the Positive Impacts of Immigration |
1169 | 04/14/18 | U.S. Needs More Immigrants |
1187 | 05/17/18 | Other Factors Favoring U.S. Immigration |
1187A | 05/21/18 | Wall Street Journal: U.S. Immigration Debate Disconnected from Economic Realities |
1187B | 05/26/18 | More U.S. Guest Worker Visas for 2018 |
11817C | 05/29/18 | Wall Street Journal Calls for More Guest Worker Visas |
1187D | 06/04/18 | Small Town in Pennsylvania Bolstered by Immigrants |
1519 | 01/10/20 | Implications of Reduced U.S. Population Growth |
1192 | 05/22/18 | Impact of Declining, Aging, Rural Population |
1247 | 07/27/18 | Outstate Minnesota Newspaper Stresses Need for Immigrants |
1247A | 07/30/18 | Outstate Iowa Newspaper Also Stresses Need for Immigrants |
1252 | 08/01/18 | Difficulties in Diversifying Some Sections of the U.S. |
1255 | 08/05/18 | Outstate Minnesota City Aided by Immigrants |
1310 | 11/17/18 | Federal Reserve Bank Endorses Need for More Immigrants |
1313 | 11/20/18 | Robots Replacing Farm Workers |
1323 | 12/13/18 | State of Minnesota Faces Increasing Shortage of Workers |
1325 | 12/15/18 | Major Difficulties in Reinvigorating U.S. Rural Areas |
1327 | 12/19/18 | Other Perspectives on Reinvigorating U.S. Rural Areas |
1364 | 03/22/19 | “America’s Farms Need Immigrants” |
1444 | 09/02/19 | Rural Minnesota Endeavoring To Attract Younger People |
1444A | 09/20/19 | More Evidence of Recovery of Rural America |
1445 | 09/03/19 | Minnesota Facing Slowdown in Labor force Growth |
1445A | 09/10/19 | Minnesota Lacks Skilled Labor |
1445B | 09/20/19 | Minnesota Still Has Labor Shortages |
1463 | 10/02/19 | Minnesota’s Challenges of Declining, Aging Population |
1464 | 10/03/19 | Worthington’s Mayor Defends City |
1472 | 10/21/19 | Immigrants’ Stories from Worthington Minnesota |
1480 | 11/06/19 | Voters Approve School Bond Referenda in Worthington, Minnesota |
1480A | 11/09/19 | StarTribune Editorial Congratulates Worthington |
1496 | 11/29/19 | Telemedicine Helps Isolated Hospitals in Rural America |
1496A | 12/21/19 | Remote Robotic Surgery Under Test by Mayo Clinic |
1496B | 12/29/19 | Closure of Rural Hospital Highlights Challenges of Rural America |
1512 | 12/29/19 | Slower Growth Predicted for Minnesota Population in the 2020s |
1512A | 01/24/20 | Minnesota’s Slow Job Growth Due to Slow Population Growth |
1555 | 03/12/20 | Two Other Minnesota Cities Celebrate Diversity |
1223 | 06/23/18 | More Immigrants Needed in U.S. |
1223A | 06/28/18 | Intense U.S. Demand for H-2B Visa Workers |
1225 | 06/25/18 | White Anxiety and Fearing Immigration |
1226 | 06/26/18 | Other Voices on White Anxiety and Immigration |
1233 | 07/03/18 | Fear Driving U.S. and European Clamor Over Immigration |
1238 | 07/14/18 | New Perspective on Different Social Class Attitudes Towards Immigrants |
1238A | 07/14/18 | Jack M. Baskin: One thought on “New Perspective on Different Social Class Attitudes Towards Immigrants” |
1238B | 07/14/18 | Commentary on Baskin Article |
1365 | 03/24/19 | Businesses Need More Immigrants |
1369 | 04/03/19 | U.S. Construction Industry Needs More Immigrants |
1373 | 04/09/19 | Trump Erroneously Says U.S. Is “Full” |
1397 | 05/18/19 | Additional Support for U.S. Needing More Immigrants |
1430 | 08/14/19 | More Warnings of Problems Facing U.S. Aging, Declining Population |
1432 | 08/19/19 | Declining U.S. Rankings in Important International Socio-Political Indices |
1437 | 08/25/19 | Another Report About U.S. Need for More Immigrants |
1531 | 01/31/20 | Immigrants Come to U.S. To Work |
1443 | 09/01/19 | Japan Shows Way U.S. Needs More Immigrants |
1443A | 09/20/19 | Japanese Editorial Promoting Intergenerational Interaction |
1454 | 09/15/19 | Japan Implements New Law Allowing Increased Immigration |
1509 | 12/26/19 | Continued Demographic Squeeze on Japan |
1509A | 01/09/20 | Using Robots Not So Easy for Japan |
1527 | 01/21/20 | “The Chinese Population Crisis” |
1468 | 10/12/19 | Prominent Economist Says Cuts in U.S. Immigration Threaten U.S. Economy and Innovation |
1539 | 02/16/20 | U.S. Needs Immigration To Keep Growing and Maintain Prosperity |
1546 | 02/22/20 | Trump Official Says U.S. Needs More Immigrants |
1546A | 03/07/20 | Washington Post Thanks Mulvaney for Saying U.S. Needs More Immigrants |
1478 | 11/04/19 | U.S. Sets 18,000 Quota for New Refugee Admissions to U.S. for Fiscal 2020 |
1482 | 11/11/19 | U.S. Senators Oppose U.S. Reduction in Refugee Admissions for Fiscal 2020 |
1498 | 12/11/19 | Latest U.S. Struggle Over Refugees |
1498A | 01/07/20 | North Dakota County Affirms Consent to Refugee Resettlement |
1500 | 12/14/19 | Minnesota and Minneapolis Say “Yes” to Refugees |
1501 | 12/16/19 | Update on States’ Consents to Refugees Resettlement |
1504 | 12/20/19 | Tennessee Consents to Refugees Resttlement |
1513 | 12/30/19 | Another Update on Consents to Refugee Resettlement |
1514 | 12/31/19 | U.S. State and Local Governments’ Justifications for Consenting to Resettlement of Refugees |
1515 | 01/01/20 | Pope Francis Reminding Us To Welcome, Protect, Promote and Integrate Refugees and Migrants |
1517 | 01/07/20 | Five More States Have Consented toRrefugee Resettlement |
1518 | 01/08/20 | Alaska Says “Yes” to Refugee Resettlement |
1520 | 01/11/20 | Texas Says “No” to Refugee Resettlement |
1522 | 01/14/20 | Blowback on Two Decisions on Refugee Resettlement |
1523 | 01/15/20 | Minnesota Counties’ Actions on Refugee Resettlement |
1523A | 01/20/20 | Additional Counties Actions on Consenting to Refugee Resettlement |
1523B | 01/28/20 | Minnesota Counties Halt Consents to Refugee Resettlement |
1523C | 02/02/20 | Examination of Pope County’s Consenting to Refugee Resettlement |
1524 | 01/16/20 | Court: Trump’s Illegal Consent Procedure for Refugee Resettlement |
1524A | 01/28/20 | Minnesota Counties Halt Consents to Refugee Resettlement |
1524B | 02/02/20 | Refugee Resettlement Agencies Still Requiring Counties and Municipalities To Consent to Such Resettlements |
1525 | 01/18/20 | Trump’s Unjust Criticism of Court’s Enjoining the Consent Procedure for Refugee Resettlement |
1526 | 01/20/20 | Washington Post Endorses Court Injunction Against Trump’s Consent Requirements for Refugee Resettlement |
1532 | 02/02/20 | U.S. State Governments Celebrate Refugees’ Accomplishments |
Trump Administration | ||
938 | 01/09/17 | Why Is Donald Trump Disparaging the U.S. Intelligence Community? |
938A | 01/09/17 | Other Observers Identify Trump’s Character Flaw |
938B | 01/10/17 | Another Columnist Nails Trump’s Character |
969 | 02/26/17 | Trump’s Macroeconomic Idiocies |
1076 | 10/21/17 | A Plea for Apologies Regarding President Trump’s Call to the Family of Sgt. La David Johnson |
1124 | 01/20/18 | Senator Jeff Flake Condemns President Trump’s “Fake News” Tirades |
1195 | 05/26/18 | U.S. Senator Jeff Flake Issues Another Challenge for All Americans |
1038 | 08/25/17 | The Trump Administration’s Record on Changing Federal Laws |
1459 | 09/24/19 | Busy Week for U.S. at U.N. |
1469 | 10/17/19 | U.S. Hosts Meeting of Warsaw Process Human rights Working Group |
1475 | 10/29/20 | Judge David Tatel Honored by Chicago Lawyers’ Committee on R |
1475A | 12/13/19 | U.S. Supreme Court To Review Subpoenas for Trump’s Financial Records |
1484 | 11/15/19 | Two Federal Appellate Courts Uphold Subpoenas for Trump Accounting Records |
1484A | 12/13/19 | U.S. Supreme Court To Review Subpoenas for Trump’s Financial Records |
U.S. & U.N. Human Rights Council | ||
1218 | 06/19/18 | Global Updates on Human Rights Concerns by U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights |
1219 | 06/20/18 | U.S. Withdraws from Membership on U.N. Human Rights Council |
1220 | 06/21/18 | Washington Post Opposes U.S. Withdrawal from U.N. Human Rights Council |
1222 | 06/22/18 | Controversy Over U.S. Withdrawal from U.N. Human Rights Council |
1228 | 06/28/18 | U.N. Official’s Report About U.S. Poverty Is Criticized by U.S. |
1384 | 04/29/19 | U.S. Needs To Cooperate with U.N. Human Rights Experts |
1529 | 01/27/20 | Remembereing Political Courage of a republican Congressman During Impeachment of President Nixon |
1530 | 01/29/20 | Reppublican Congressman Thomas Railsback’s Political Courage in Support of Impeaching President Nixon |
1578 | 04/16/20 | Prominent Republicans Unite To Defeat Donald Trump’s Re-Election |
1579 | 04/17/20 | Yet More Outrageous Actions by President Trump |
Other | ||
952 | 01/26/17 | Increased Risk of Nuclear War |
972 | 03/13/17 | Reactions to Tom Friedman’s “Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to thriving in the Age of Accelerations |
975 | 03/19/17 | George Will’s Embrace of Natural Law |
976 | 03/20/17 | Judge Gorsuch Might Be a Liberal Originalist on Supreme Court |
1038 | 08/25/17 | The Trump Administration’s Record on Changing Federal Laws |
1040 | 09/01/17 | Humility and Equipoise As Fundamental Civic Virtues |
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