Tag Archives: politics

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Posted on September 7, 2025 by Ken Dowell

A Smithsonian museum in Washington , D.C. Continue reading →

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Whatever Happened To? Eliot Spitzer

Posted on January 12, 2024 by Ken Dowell

Politics, real estate, and some more expensive affairs. Continue reading →

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This Guy Was President!!??

Posted on December 18, 2022 by Ken Dowell

Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America, Maggie Haberman Continue reading →

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(Nearly) Live at SXSW: The system is broken. Why?

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Ken Dowell

Special interests? A dysfunctional two-party system? Voter suppression? Continue reading →

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Prohibition and Hypocrisy: Living Wet, Voting Dry

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Ken Dowell

Prohibition was high time for hypocrisy, in Washington, in state houses and in city halls Continue reading →

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Will the Democratization of Information Destroy the Democracy?

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Ken Dowell

Personally, I want to celebrate the democratization of information, but I may have overlooked how scoundrels and profiteers would use it. Continue reading →

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Trump’s Little Whorehouse on the Prairie

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Ken Dowell

Grandpa Trump: Immigrant, Entrepreneur, Brothel-Keeper Continue reading →

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What were Sean Spicer and Kellyanne Conway doing amidst the enemies of the American people?

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Ken Dowell

The President and the Press, the First Amendment in the First 100 Days, a Newseum event. Continue reading →

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Who Was America’s Worst President?

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Ken Dowell

Some wrought death and destruction, others the stain of corruption Continue reading →

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Zuckerberg and Trump

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Ken Dowell

Presidential politics in the age of Facebook. Continue reading →

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