Populism, Trump, and the Death of Democracy

By Harold W. Anderson, Ph.D., M.A., M.Div. During the past elections I was speaking to a fellow who said that Kamala Harris was a “communist.”  I must admit that I was a little short with the guy because it was clear that he had no idea what communism is.  I asked him if he hadContinue reading “Populism, Trump, and the Death of Democracy”

Making America Great

By Harold W. Anderson, Ph.D., MFT. M.A., M.Div. Someone tried to shoot Donald.  Was he a Republican or a Democrat?  Was he conservative or progressive?  How did someone with an assault rifle get so close to Donald?  Why were the only ones to be killed and critically wounded innocent bystanders?  Where was the Secret Service? Continue reading “Making America Great”

Are We Going to Die?

Pictured is a postage stamp that recalls the tense standoff between John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. When I was a child, we lived close to the-now-defunct Gowen Field, a strategic airbase near Boise, Idaho that, I was told, was one of the main targets for nuclearContinue reading “Are We Going to Die?”