December 2024 Magazine

We seem to have come to a reckoning point in American history where explanations we have relied upon for years should be re-examined.  From various analyses of voting data, many are surprised that it’s white people who made the difference on Trump’s numbers. We need to  better understand the issues that make a difference to voters of all races and ethnicities, and how to present them better going forward, even from thin minority positions in both Houses. There is a mid-term election in two years.  

I call it the “Life Tree” – a living combined effect. It came to me in a dream.  I saw a vast circle of small lights – like flickering candles, or maybe tiny Christmas lights.

This year, our nation experienced the mobilization of the lowest economic class against the establishment controlled by the elites for the second time. It’s not a Marxist revolution or a fascist coup; it’s a significant portion of American voters uprising to overthrow the established order. This bare majority may not endure, but a visible eruption has abandoned the liberal normality of prioritizing rational and humane behavior. But it is not a foreign-inspired movement. It is a domestic insurrection born from our political culture dating back to the 1800s.