A State of Mind

Tag: history

  • Where has the “Loyal Opposition” gone?

    Whatever happened to the concept of the “loyal opposition?”  What that meant  was that the two-party political system we entertain here in the United States was composed of both Democrats and Republicans, who more or less took turns running the country.  The percentage of Rs and Ds varied at different times.  The “loyal opposition” meant that…

  • Who am I — and What am I doing here?

    This introduction post has been an assignment of the blogging101 course that I just never got around to doing, so with a new course starting it’s as good a time as any. And yes, I do intend to change my header image…soon. This is a hard thing to do, making up a sort of resume,…