I was sickened to read the other day, that Musk/Trump (Mump) is considering stopping USAID – started in 1961 by JFK. The article I read went on to say that “foreign aid doesn’t poll well in the US”. Well guess what… foreign aid doesn’t ‘poll well’ anywhere. Most governments don’t ask the voters for theirContinue reading “U.S.A.I.D”
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What’s wrong with America?
“The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.” – John F. Kennedy “I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time – when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries, whenContinue reading “What’s wrong with America?”
Trump’s Republican Party
This article is about the modern Republican party. I’m not talking about what the Republican party or ‘Grand Old Party’ (The GOP) used to be: I’m talking about Donald Trump’s MAGA Republican party, which has positioned itself far to the right of Eisenhower’s 1956 Republican platform. I’m British, but lived in the States for sixContinue reading “Trump’s Republican Party”
America… beautiful but dumb?
America has vibrant cities such as New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, etc. and stunning and diverse scenery including the Grand Canyon, Yosemite and the Sierra Nevadas, The Adirondacks, Glacier National Park, Zion National Park, Yellowstone, and Death Valley. For years, people from other countries aspired to live in America, or at a minimum,Continue reading “America… beautiful but dumb?”
US Healthcare
I was born in the UK and have experience of healthcare in Minnesota and California, as well as Britain, France, Holland and Spain. Here’s some of my experiences of healthcare in the US. Our son was born in Minneapolis, and the pregnancy was routine. We only have the one child so I have no pointContinue reading “US Healthcare”
