b. traven Merriam-Webster definition. PEEVED: irritated, exasperated, nettled, provoked, riled, peeved means to excite a feeling of anger or annoyance. irritate implies an often gradual arousing of angry feelings that may range from mere impatience to rage (constant nagging that irritated me greatly). exasperate suggests galling annoyance and the arousing of extreme impatience. My pet…
Stuart Lyle Commentator Stuart Lyle writes about the “game” of democracy. There are plenty of instances in recent history of democracy being “gamed.” The mechanisms of electoral democracy were used by the Nazi Party in pre-World War II Germany to gain power, as by the fascists in Italy. When one of the dominant US political…
b. traven The Contrary Perspective has a substantial “Follower” list. A few ‘trolls,’ a few frequent ‘commenters’ with interesting and often provocative views, and many who read the ‘perspectives’ but keep their own counsel. Our country is facing an election this year that is both unique in our history and monumental in its potential impact…
b. traven The two American political parties, Republicans and Democrats seem officially committed to suicide. Both parties are separating themselves from the mainstream of their fundamental bases. The Republicans have drifted far from their true “conservative” past, and from their moneyed base who always held the primacy of social cohesion over ideology. At the same…
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