The American Cowards
America was built by brave men and women who didn't cower and give up their rights out of fear. Only cowards would do that.
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See recent postsProtest is moral, change requires strategy
The machinery of authority depends on routine obedience. History shows that when citizens withdraw it—patiently, lawfully and together—even the most entrenched systems bend.
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See recent postsWhen lies replace reality, conscience is the first victim
As lies replace reality, political self-preservation corrodes conscience, history, and democracy itself—and too many enable it knowingly.
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See recent postsThe Founders warned us. Alabama and America are testing those limits now
A look at how factional politics, authoritarian temptation, and legislative spectacle threaten democracy nationally and in Alabama—and how citizens can respond.
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See recent postsEvery rebellion begins somewhere—even if it’s with a sandwich
A small act of defiance in Washington reminds us that courage and conscience, not compliance, have always been democracy’s lifeblood.
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See recent postsMaría Corina Machado reminds us that peace belongs to the brave
Those who undermine democracy while claiming to protect it are no different in spirit from the authoritarians Machado has spent her life opposing.
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See recent postsWrapped in flag and cross, history’s warning is knocking at America’s door
History repeats not from forgetting but from human nature, and today Alabama and America edge closer to Sinclair Lewis’s warning.
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See recent postsFrom Athens to Alabama: Will silence end our grand democratic experiment?
Over 2,500 years after Athens, America risks repeating history—while Alabama’s leaders stay silent in the face of rising threats.
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See recent postsHow to build a dictator
A lot of the "Trump will destroy democracy" stuff is hyperbole. But there's one thing that actually is worrisome.
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See recent postsThis is how America dies
The willingness of today's conservatives to believe everything they want to be true almost cost us democracy, and it might yet.