by Will Mayshall | Oct 2, 2026 | Culture Wars, Politics
I listened to Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson (CMAT) on The Daily Show, and one of her lyrics caught me off guard: “I think we’re going to die saying I wish it weren’t this way.” I think she’s right! There’s more healing and more course...
by Will Mayshall | Aug 30, 2026 | Culture Wars, Politics
CBS Sunday morning tells me that if Popularity determined the Presidency, as many people believe it should, Dolly Parton would have been our President, the most popular personality by far, 70% approval rating. It should have been 100! Share this:Share Share on...
by Will Mayshall | Aug 19, 2026 | Culture Wars, History as it applies to the Future, Politcal Parties
The existential conflicts that drove us to war in 1860 are the same as the existential conflicts dividing us today. Slavery has been abolished, thankfully, but nothing else has changed. The conflict that divides us works itself out in various ways: an emotional...
by Will Mayshall | Aug 13, 2026 | Culture Wars, History as it applies to the Future, Politcal Parties, Politics
Take the average person! He or she could do the job! Proposed: Everybody says they want to get the politics out of Governance! So, why don’t we?!?! As a thought experiment, consider the last 10 presidents: Trump, Biden, Obama, G W Bush, Clinton, G H Bush, Reagan,...
by Will Mayshall | Jul 13, 2026 | Culture Wars, Economics, Politics
The biggest problem we Americans face, other than the fact that we can’t seem to get along with each other, is tax code. No matter how you configure taxes, a lot of people will be left feeling unsatisfied and unhappy. AI tells me that 30 to 40 percent of Americans...
by Will Mayshall | Feb 16, 2026 | Culture Wars, History as it applies to the Future, Politics
People on the Left and the Right see only what they want to see in American history. It is inconvenient to acknowledge that there have always been two sides to the equation. On the afternoon of January 1, 1863, President Lincoln, remarking that his hand was tired...
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