Political Reactions My Reaction to the 1948 Republican Primary Debate 5 Apr 2020 This is especially notable for being the first mass audience debate between prospective presidential candidates in US history. While it's true that Kennedy v Nixon was the first between general…
Political Reactions Third Party Debates: Summary & Conclusion 29 Mar 2020 Now that I'm done with analyzing the Third Party debates, here are some general thoughts I have about them and the respective parties as a whole. First of all, these…
Political Reactions Third Party Debates: 1988 Forum 29 Mar 2020 I found this after I'd written my analyses of the other third party debates even though it's chronologically first. It's not a debate so much as giving three third party…
Political Reactions Third Party Debates: 2012 29 Mar 2020 This is to date the final debate of third party candidates. I don't believe one was held in 2016, if it was, I couldn't find it, and honestly I don't…
Political Reactions Third Party Debates: 2008 28 Mar 2020 Finally we see Ralph Nader on the stage! This is blowing my mind but apparently he was an independent this cycle. (I could've sworn he was the Green candidate this…
Political Reactions Third Party Debates: 2004 [There is no ’00] 28 Mar 20204 Mar 2021 I did not write up a reaction/analysis to the 2000 cycle of Third Party debates (there were two) because it was the same three candidates from 1996 and nobody new.…
Political Reactions Third Party Debates: 1996 28 Mar 2020 Unlike the previous Independent Voters' Party experiment, this is a straightforward 3rd Party debate hosted by public access TV, rather than a bizarre (but noble) open party nomination where anyone…
Political Reactions Third Party Debates: 1992 28 Mar 20204 Mar 2021 I was combing over CSPAN to find primary debates and at some point during that process I found a 2012 Third Party Debate. I decided to see if there were…
Political Reactions Non-Election Debates Worth Checking Out 27 Mar 20204 Mar 2021 Firing Line Debate Featuring George McGovern I found another debate McGovern participated in. This is a great discussion, very lively and with some great participants including Kemp, William F Buckley,…
Thoughts & Memories Post-Modern Religion (1/3) Examining Poly-, Mono-, A- & Pantheism 14 Dec 201922 Dec 2019 This series will delve into my thoughts on religion and its continuing relationship to our lives in a changing world. I'm sure this will lead to a very well-tempered and…
Political Reactions… Julius Caesar: Selfish Autocrat or Progressive Hero? 17 May 2019 Before we begin, let's just briefly establish simplified definitions for some of the terms I'll use in this essay. Patrician refers to the upper class, really the original tribes of…
Media Analyses… Thoughts on Inherit the Wind 21 Apr 2019 Inherit the Wind is a dramatization of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial. This is the best scene, one of the top courtroom cross-examinations ever made. This movie really spoke to…
Political Reactions The Eccentric Fringe Candidate You’ve Never Heard Of 11 Apr 201921 Mar 2020 Guys...I present to you the single most bizarre Presidential Candidate in US history. I've seen and read about more than enough Presidential hopefuls to make that assessment, and really nobody…
the Carbon Freeze 