Posts by FFDInstitute

I have been struggling with precisely why I view the policies of the Trump administration as so awful and dangerous. There’s no scarcity of reasons. For example: The tariff wars and a possible worldwide economic disruption, The abrupt cancellation of USAID to countries fighting epidemics, even letting medicine spoil in storage, Persecution of political opponents,…

Florida Veterans for Common Sense participated in the John Lewis “Good Trouble Lives On” rallies that were held in Sarasota and across America on July 17. We were on the streets to draw attention to the fact that our democracy is teetering on the brink of destruction. Our president now claims to be a unitary…

Defending democracy against authoritarianism is not a battle between liberals and conservatives. It’s a struggle between those with fidelity to the rule of law and those whose fidelity is to a ruler. Howard Simon Palm Beach Post June 26, 2025 Armed with homemade signs, millions of Americans used Flag Day to protest the Trump administration’s…

The Great American Experiment is at risk as we near our 250th anniversary. It is a frightening prospect that our proud democracy may crumble before we reach that milestone. Cruelty has become the new normal. Civility now equals weakness. Suddenly, we are enabling actions that not long ago would have been roundly condemned as the…

According to the latest count from the National Archives President Trump has signed 157 Executive orders since taking office in January. Many of the initiatives outlined in these Executive Orders are well-within the authority of the President. But our guest is sounding the alarm about what he says are actions that exceed the authority given to the…

Just a few short years ago the Florida Board of Governors (BOG) directed each of the State’s public universities to make “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI) a strategic priority. To quote from that document, “the Board of Governors is making a clear and steadfast commitment to prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion in the State University…

“Freedom Over Fascism” was an easy title for this commentary.  I was inspired by Dr. Stephanie Gerber Wilson, a Massachusetts political strategy expert, with an impressive podcast of that title.  She broadcasts from Indiana, a Red State, to gain a better awareness versus her home state.  She wants to make a difference to beat back…

Talk, talk, talk. We’ve spent a lot of time talking ourselves right into 2024, which raises this question: Are we too much bark and not enough bite at a crossroads moment in our political history? As the celebrants of an American patrimony now evolved into an American all-imoni — it’s not just white guys who…