Marc JohnsonApr 12, 20194 min readThe Tyranny of One Party Rule…In his brilliant little book, On Tyranny, the historian Timothy Snyder offers citizens in a modern democracy 20 lessons from 20th century...
Marc JohnsonJul 9, 201710 min readWho Knew It Could Be So Complicated…“More than a third of Americans believe that Medicaid is akin to welfare, with the implicit subtext that racial and ethnic minorities are...
Marc JohnsonMar 26, 20176 min readThe Art of the Miscalculation“Hello, Bob. So, we just pulled it.” Donald J. Trump phones Washington Post reporter Robert Costa to report on the art of his failed...
Marc JohnsonAug 15, 20124 min readSorry, Wrong Number…Many, Many TimesThe Longest Day – about the D-Day invasion of France in 1944 and was, in turn, telling his own father about the film. The old man listens...
Marc JohnsonApr 21, 20114 min readCubaFormer President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn recently made their second trip to Cuba. Carter also went in 2002. Both trips,...
Marc JohnsonJan 29, 20113 min readThe Moral Test“The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life; the children, those who are in the...