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Few of us still believe that assertion since many of the elected will stand by, or lie, as Americans die. Photo by   History in HD   on  Unsplash . . Essay originally published on Medium . . The January 6th insurrection, and the COVID pandemic were both infected by a devaluing of Americans not in their group, whether black, blue, brown, or white lives. However you qualify the deaths of Americans over the last 21 months, I think somewhere around   three quarters of a million   were due to a government that could be, and was switched off in critical ways when we needed it most. There are two basic outcomes from this devolution of our government. Either a   slow climb   back towards political   solvency , achieving a   bipartisan, reaching-across-the-aisle   politics, closer to what we had 40 to 60 years ago,   or   a   quicker slide   into full devolution and dissolution. . I am not saying what was accomplished 50 years...

Howard Zinn,   The 5 Immortals , & the   6th   Player , Offer Insight into Our Ideals. Photo by   Matthias Cooper   on   Unsplash . Essay Originally Published on Medium . I have been looking into the background of historian and political scientist,   Howard Zinn , learning that many say he was not always historically   honest , or thorough in his citations and sources. That his interpretations were   slanted towards socialism , and consistently shaming the United States for its faults and failures. In one instance he supposedly explains how   during WWII many Black Americans were against going to war , using only a few secondary sources like personal letters, and such, as evidence. From my non-exhaustive Google searches, I can find no references to that claim of an anti-war sentiment by a large portion of Black Americans. However, at the same time there is a historical tangent in a   somewhat   similar direction, about our ...