If It Happened Once, There’s Absolutely No Reason It Won’t Happen Again

By Loren Adams – 02.14.2016

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, philosopher, novelist, poet (1863-1952)

History repeats itself. But only because humans remain woefully ignorant.

It seems I can’t emphasize this enough.

First, the misconceptions: “The Holocaust is too horrifying to be repeated. The rise of another blood-thirsty tyrant on the world stage isn’t possible. A replication of the Cold War is too frighteningly near the edge of annihilation even to be imagined.”

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One Thing Leads to Another

By Loren Adams – 01.10.2016

In response to Donald Trump’s trending tirades, I offer this thesis: “If there was no Obama, there wouldn’t be a Trump.”

That statement will ruffle a few feathers, I’m sure, even among our most ardent activists in progressive circles – “blasphemous”, some may argue.

Let’s continue the irreverence just for the sake of provoking thought.

President Barack Obama’s soft-spokenness (“No Drama Obama”) is the core cause in this observation – the catalyst that creates the impending “effect”:  the soon-triumphant tyrant.

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Reincarnated 50 Years from Now

By Loren Adams – 12.13.2015

Jason remembers his past life. He had died in an auto accident while texting his best friend in 2015. He is reborn in 2021 at the start of the Melt Age during Trump’s first year of his second term. Flashbacks from his former life haunt him – memories he shies from sharing for fear of being ostracized. Community is essential, especially in such a treacherous world spiraling into extinction.

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“President Trump”! – It Can’t Happen Here.

By Loren Adams – 11.08.2015

Can you imagine a “President Trump”? Few educated Americans can. But few educated Germans imagined a “Chancellor Hitler” either. During the Great Depression, author Sinclair Lewis warned that the fascism sweeping Europe could very easily infect America if all the dominoes happen to fall in the right place – i.e., Italy, Spain, and Germany. The title of his 1935 classic is It Can’t Happen Here.

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Obama’s Report Card

By Loren Adams – 10.11.2015

The initial stage of the 2016 election cycle is upon us, coinciding with Obama’s final year – the lame duck season. This would seem the appropriate time to issue some kind of report card. How Obama is perceived to have performed in office will determine who’s elected next year, no doubt. That’s the significance.

Legacies aren’t finalized for decades in most instances. But to be fair, enough is on record to allow rudimentary evaluation. We don’t have to let the dust settle to draw some conclusions.

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DONALD, YOU’D BETTER CHECK YOUR MECHANICS

By Loren Adams – 09.13.2015

Trump is the runaway train no one expected. His words happen to hit the sweet spot in this cycle, and it seems even the party establishment can’t stop him. Or can they?

On 2004 election night, Ohio’s vote count mysteriously disappeared for several minutes while being transferred to a server down in Chattanooga and then resurfacing as a flipped count back in Ohio to confirm a win for George Bush. John Edwards demanded an investigation; but John Kerry limply said, “Drop it,” and conceded.

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