Because we've been mostly silent for the last four years, it occurred to me that reposting the original welcome message might be helpful:
"This is the inaugural post of Vox Populi. It's rather a trite name--there are other blogs and sites with the same name. Still, I've chosen the name not because of the classical aphorism "Vox populi vox dei" ("The voice of the people is the voice of God"), but for the two words alone.
I hope to offer a voice, even if it's one crying in the wilderness, for people who feel the outcome of the 2016 election,
while it may have been legal and proper, was wrong. I have an image of
the U. S. Constitution here because it is the true voice of the people of this country. No one should ever forget or overlook that point.
My
choice of the blog name Diogenes--the legendary seeker of truth--is
likewise not particularly original. But I'm not trying to be cute or
original here. I believe deeply that the election of Donald Trump as
president has brought this country to a dangerous juncture. The old advice to never trust a politician now extends to the highest level; and where and what the truth is and from whom it comes are open questions. Welcome, seekers of truth."
And truth, as it turns out, is where we begin again. In fact we've changed our name, from Vox Popoli to Vox Veritatis because we think the truth needs us more than the people do.
We learned during Trump's first term that Donald Trump has no use for the truth. So we shall be its voice.
As he has aged and as his mental state has apparently started to decay, Trump's core has begun to show; it is ugly and rotten and putrid and corrupt and putrescent, feculent, and noisome.
And dangerous.
Dangerous because somewhere in that addled brain he surely knows that he is old and that death is stalking him, and that he can't outrun, outbluff, or flimflam the Grim Reaper. And he hates it.
So welcome then again my friends, to the show that never ends . . . come and see the show . . . see the show . . . see the show.
--Diogenes, 11/22/24