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About politicswestchesterview

Nathaniel regards himself as a progressive Democrat who sees a serious need to involve more Americans in the political process if we are to rise to Ben Franklin's challenge "A republic, madam, if you can keep it," after a passerby asked him what form of government the founders had chosen. This blog gives my views and background information on the local, state, and national political scenes. My career in higher education was mainly in the areas of international studies, foreign languages, and student advising, most recently at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, from which I retired in 2006. I have lived in West Chester since 1986.

1968, 2024 and campus unrest

Posted on May 7, 2024 by politicswestchesterview

If ever there was a time when people in positions of power should learn from history, that would be today. And yet we see leaders unable to change the script of campus protests and violence that threaten disaster for Democrats … Continue reading →

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Happy Earth Day 2024!

Posted on April 19, 2024 by politicswestchesterview

Earth Day is officially on April 22 every year. Its founder, US Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, chose a spring date when students are still on campus, as he recognized that education and youth would be central to the cause … Continue reading →

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News from the Front

Posted on April 9, 2024 by politicswestchesterview

Note: there is always a war on somewhere, now as 25 years ago when I wrote this. How do we subsist in the knowledge we would rather not have, that our country and the highly developed weapons paid for by … Continue reading →

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The concept of the innocent civilian

Posted on January 30, 2024 by politicswestchesterview

When in the course of human events one nation kills, besieges, imprisons, and deprives another people of food and vital supplies, are citizens of the attacking nation innocent of those offenses? Or are those citizens guilty when they choose their … Continue reading →

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Gaza (first circulated 10/14/23)

Posted on January 6, 2024 by politicswestchesterview

(I wrote and circulated this to my list almost 2 months ago. Of course, at the time I hoped that I was wrong, but my prediction that Gazans will be removed from Gaza has been borne out every day by … Continue reading →

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Bayard Rustin at Swarthmore College (first posted 6/3/2012)

Posted on January 1, 2024 by politicswestchesterview

[Because of the success of the much-admired 2023 film Rustin, I decided to go back and repost here all 2011-12 posts on Rustin from my previous blog site, hosted by the Daily Local News. They are given in chronological order. … Continue reading →

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Bayard Rustin exhibit at CCHS (first posted 2/12/2012)

Posted on January 1, 2024 by politicswestchesterview

[Because of the success of the much-admired 2023 film Rustin, I decided to go back and repost here all 2011-12 posts on Rustin from my previous blog site, hosted by the Daily Local News. They are given in chronological order. … Continue reading →

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Bayard Rustin, “Twenty-two days on a chain gang” (first posted 1/18-20/2012)

Posted on January 1, 2024 by politicswestchesterview

[Because of the success of the much-admired 2023 film Rustin, I decided to go back and repost here all 2011-12 posts on Rustin from my previous blog site, hosted by the Daily Local News. They are given in chronological order. … Continue reading →

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Rustin in the Washington Post (first posted 9/16/2011)

Posted on January 1, 2024 by politicswestchesterview

[Because of the success of the much-admired 2023 film Rustin, I decided to go back and repost here all 2011-12 posts on Rustin from my previous blog site, hosted by the Daily Local News. They are given in chronological order. … Continue reading →

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Bayard Rustin and an informative note from Rachelle Marshall (first posted 9/15/2011)

Posted on January 1, 2024 by politicswestchesterview

[Because of the success of the much-admired 2023 film Rustin, I decided to go back and repost here all 2011-12 posts on Rustin from my previous blog site, hosted by the Daily Local News. They are given in chronological order. … Continue reading →

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