Democratic Party – Charles van Heck's Woodhull Journal

03.10.2025

It’s Time to Retire the Donkey

Senators, Congressional representatives, and governors are known to stare in a mirror. “Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who’s the most qualified of all?” in the hope of finding a president looking back at them. They are an ambitious lot. A few receive a wink and a nod, “You are, my fairest,” from the reflected image.…

THE SALT OF INDIVIDUAL ACTION:

THE POSSIBILITY OF ANSWERS But what can one person do? I will not pretend to have all the answers to how to respond to the totalitarian regime that, in a few short months, has blatantly disregarded the law of our society and denigrated our allies in the international community. What follows in this and the…

DEMOCRATS AND THE MORAL MOMENT

To an independent outsider, the quarrel and discord between oppositional wings have made the Democratic Party appear obsolete. Neither the DNC leadership nor the operatives, those attached to the traditional role of polity, appear capable of recognizing who their constituencies are, let alone defining what they want from the Party. The predictable course of any…