For with a country as with a person, “What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” – Lyndon B. Johnson, March 15, 1965…
Category: Many Things Considered
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: The Bootlicking Will Continue Until Democracy Doesn’t
“How dismal it is to see present day Americans yearning for the very orthodoxy that their country was founded to escape.”― Christopher Hitchens By Marc C. Johnson The gauge the full extent…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: The Rot Runs Deep, Very Deep
“We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we can’t have both.” – Louis Brandeis By Marc C. Johnson…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: Maybe Corruption Really Is Bad
“Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.” – George Orwell By Marc C. Johnson It is simply not a debatable proposition that the current U.S. administration is…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: The Very Strange World of Trump Straphangers
“These guys are weird.” – Minnesota Governor Tim Walz By Marc C. Johnson (April 3, 2026) The president of the United States went on television Wednesday night (April 1st) to say something…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: Chaos, Confusion, Corruption and Craziness
“The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.” – Deep Throat in All the President’s Men By Marc C. Johnson Donald Trump’s Cabinet meeting this week was,…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: It Keeps Happening
“You can fool too many people, too much of the time.” ― James Thurber By Marc C. Johnson In 1974 a reporter for New Times magazine surveyed 200 congressional staffers, some members of Congress…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: Trump’s White Nationalist Project
“One Homeland. One People. One Heritage” – U.S. Department of Labor social media message (and Nazi slogan) By Marc C. Johnson I am an admirer of the work of Princeton historian Kevin Kruse who…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: What’s wrong with our politics?
“Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.” – Will Rogers By Marc C. Johnson Susan Collins, the Republican senator from Maine, announced her re-election campaign…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: The Price of Corruption
“The time to guard against corruption and tyranny is before they shall have gotten hold of us.” – Thomas Jefferson By Marc C. Johnson The dizzying blizzard of corruption surrounding the White…