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Author: James Wilson

James Wilson is Professor Emeritus of Law at Cleveland Marshall College of Law, in Cleveland OH.

Time to Act: But what are the crucial goals?

January 14, 2021 James Wilson 2020 Election, Trump, Trump voters, Uncategorized Leave a comment

A reader asked me to analyze the statutory and constitutional tools that could and should be used to fight Trumpism now that Trumpism has

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Truth-Lies

Leaders Who Lie: The Sorting Hat

January 19, 2018 James Wilson 2016 Election, Campaigns, Community/Common good, Corruption, Democracy, Government, Politics, Trump One comment

President Trump began his Presidency by falsely asserting that his Inaugural crowd was larger than Obama’s, a claim easily refuted by comparing aerial photographs

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charlottesville

Fears and hopes after Charlottesville

August 25, 2017 James Wilson Cities, Crime/Violence, Democracy, Trump Leave a comment

Two frightening historical questions faced our species at the beginning of the 21st Century. Would humanity accelerate its compulsive consumption to the point of

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one percent

Surviving political turmoil: The one percent commitment

March 21, 2017 James Wilson 2016 Election, Activism, Politics Leave a comment

Because the last election was so filled with lies, hate, fear, and hypocrisy, culminating in the election of an unstable, needy man who rose

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5 questions for any Supreme Court nominee [and 5 hoped-for answers]

January 31, 2017 James Wilson Courts, Supreme Court [SCOTUS] Leave a comment

It is all but guaranteed that President Trump’s nomination of Neil Gorsuch to sit on the Supreme Court will create a political inferno, aggravating

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Political civility during the Trump administration

January 22, 2017 James Wilson Activism, Language/Words, Trump Leave a comment

If one assumes that “divide and conquer” remains the ruling class’s favorite weapon, many leaders must be applauding Donald Trump for having done such

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Buyer’s remorse? Perhaps you should have voted for her

January 2, 2017 James Wilson 2016 Election, Hillary Clinton, Trump, Widgets: Voting 2 comments

Are you having post-election buyer’s remorse? There are many reasons people did not cast a ballot for Hillary Clinton. Some people, including myself, generally

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Welcome to American pollutocracy

December 27, 2016 James Wilson 2016 Election, Climate Change, Government, Trump One comment

Newly elected Presidents do not obtain formal power for over two months, but it feels like they gain control immediately. Their major appointments and

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Six dimensions of post-election solace

December 19, 2016 James Wilson 2016 Election, Ideas One comment

We live life within at least six dimensions: the spiritual, the political, the personal, the familial, the professional, and the communal. Whether you are

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George Carlin

Reflections on George Carlin, in the era of Donald Trump

December 12, 2016 James Wilson Language/Words, Trump Leave a comment

Before capitulating to misanthropy, George Carlin delighted many of us by eviscerating the meritocracy’s treacherous rhetoric. Towards the end of his life, he tragically

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A new book by Arthur Lieber. Political Introverts: How Empathetic Voters Can Help Save American Politics.  Buy it here.

Gloria Shur Bilchik’s new book, Election Insiders: Behind the scenes with the people who make your vote count. Kindle edition now available at Amazon.

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