Everything I see so far from the "press" and other media outlets seem to assume that upcoming elections are a threat to the Republican majority. All of these references appear to assume that future elections will be legitimate, but I think that assumption is dangerous. Do you think that neither Trump nor his supporters learned from 2020? For that matter, is Congress really relevant? If Democrats had a majority right now, would it matter? #

I am afraid that we need to start talking more about liberty and what it actually means as it has been taken for granted and distorted to mean much. For me, agency such as described by Annie here in the section titled Radical responsibility, is fundamental to what I think is liberty.#

The fundamental issue is trust and that none of the existing institutions and its office holders have done anything to earn that trust. Party affiliation provides an element of trust, but that has been eroding as both parties no longer act in a manner consistent to their past values. Trust is most often earned through consistent actions.#

I fear that all of the talk about Trump's alignment with Putin falls on deaf hears, mainly because less people are alive today who lived during the time when the Soviet Union was the enemy. When one doesn't trust institutions then any claims made by them is ignored if not ridiculed.#

Hello March! Looking forward to warmer weather.#