Author: John Adams

“Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people. - Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases."
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These Times Call for a REAL Resistance Party—There Is No Common Ground with Trump and the GOP

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Image credit Chloe S. For years, conventional wisdom has told us that bipartisanship is the key to stability in American politics. That working across the aisle is necessary. That compromise is how we move forward. But what happens when one side abandons democracy itself? We are now in an era where the Republican Party, led by Donald Trump, has […]

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Trump’s Expansionist Rhetoric Will Irreparably Harm U.S. Foreign Relations

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OPINION by John Adams In a world already teetering on the edge of geopolitical instability, reckless statements from a former U.S. president about taking control of foreign territories can have lasting consequences. Donald Trump’s recent remarks about the Gaza Strip and the Panama Canal have triggered outrage from foreign governments and reignited fears of U.S. imperial overreach. By proposing the U.S. […]

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It’s Time to Acknowledge That the President of the United States Has Too Much Power

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Photo credit Peter Griffin For generations, Americans have believed in a government defined by checks and balances, where no single branch holds absolute authority. But it’s time to confront an uncomfortable truth: the President of the United States now wields more power than any one person should—and that power is dangerously close to being unchecked. Recent developments, […]

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If the US were to cut Social Security benefits to qualified individuals, is the social contract of civil obedience broken?

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An OPINION by John Adams – Photo credit Lara Jameson If the government were to cut off Social Security benefits to qualified recipients while still enforcing tax collection, the argument for tax resistance would take on additional ethical, political, and legal dimensions.  How could continuing to pay taxes be justified? Ethical & Political Argument for Tax Resistance 1. Breach […]

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