Opinion – Page 5

Trump’s Expansionist Rhetoric Will Irreparably Harm U.S. Foreign Relations

February 6, 2025February 6, 2025John Adams

OPINION by John Adams In a world already teetering on the edge of geopolitical instability, reckless statements from a former U.S. president about taking control of foreign territories can have lasting consequences. Donald Trump’s recent remarks about the Gaza Strip and the Panama Canal have triggered outrage from foreign governments and reignited fears of U.S. imperial overreach. By proposing the U.S. […]

545 vs. 300,000,000 People

February 5, 2025February 6, 2025John Adams

Charley Reese’s final column for the Orlando Sentinel. – Link to articles at the Orlando Sentinel by Reese. The text for this was found in social media posts NOTE: the link to the Sentinel above may have some content behind a paywall Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then […]

The White House - photo credit Peter Griffin

It’s Time to Acknowledge That the President of the United States Has Too Much Power

February 5, 2025February 21, 2025John Adams

Photo credit Peter Griffin For generations, Americans have believed in a government defined by checks and balances, where no single branch holds absolute authority. But it’s time to confront an uncomfortable truth: the President of the United States now wields more power than any one person should—and that power is dangerously close to being unchecked. Recent developments, […]

If the US were to cut Social Security benefits to qualified individuals, is the social contract of civil obedience broken?

February 3, 2025February 4, 2025John Adams

An OPINION by John Adams – Photo credit Lara Jameson If the government were to cut off Social Security benefits to qualified recipients while still enforcing tax collection, the argument for tax resistance would take on additional ethical, political, and legal dimensions. How could continuing to pay taxes be justified? Ethical & Political Argument for Tax Resistance 1. Breach […]

Be Sand in the Gears of Autocracy and Oligarchy!

February 3, 2025February 3, 2025John Adams

You must never obey in advance. You must fight every step that an autocrat tries to take in every way you can. You must not only fight, you must loudly shout to the world what you see; remember, not everyone can see the injustices that happen every day. Make others see and hear the injustices.