Always Reforming

It's that time again!  It's that abysmal season when you can't stand anyone on Facebook and you can't avoid attack ads on TV and radio!  It's election season! This time around it's the Democrat's turn to put their best man or woman forward in an effort to unseat the Republican incumbent, Donald Trump.  Trump's tenure has been tumultuous, to put it mildly, but at least it's been entertaining!  The Democratic candidates are all framing their campaigns around one goal--defeating Trump.  Surging towards the front of the pack is the Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders.  Despite, or perhaps because of, his idiosyncrasies, Sanders has gained notoriety, particularly winning the hearts of our nation's youth, and posing a viable threat to the status quo in the Democratic party. I am not a Democrat (nor am I a Republican), but I would like to offer them some advice, especially the young voters.  Don't do it!  Do not nominate Bernie Sanders.  "...

    Bernie Sanders must certainly qualify as one of the great political disappointments of the last few election cycles.  A relative no-name, he purported to start a revolution built upon honesty, common sense, and a fresh perspective.  As with our upcoming national Presidential election, the Democratic primaries were binary.  Democrats were given two choices: fresh and revolutionary (Sanders) or established and safe (Clinton).  Clinton, who has traditionally played the part of the moderate, tried to appear progressive (thereby showing that she will play any part necessary to advance herself), but everyone knew who she is--the establishment favorite.  I have no desire to comment on the exposed corruption within the DNC or Sander's policies.  Today I want to discuss his so-called revolution.     Sanders is a self-proclaimed democratic socialist (the "democratic" doesn't mitigate the "socialist" nearly as much as one would hope), so in ...