Today is the 2nd of 11 days of our spring break. A part of me would like to totally ignore anything related to my teaching…
Posts published in “Politics”
I watched Jake Tapper yesterday repeatedly try, and fail, to get the Mississippi Governor to say plainly that Joe Biden was legitimately elected president. We…
I watched Republican Senator Bill Cassidy (Louisiana) yesterday on CNN’s State of the Union, and he made a case against Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid Relief…
I’ve seen general pieces about the filibuster and its history, and so let me be specific that I am asking for commentary that is a little…
An initial note — I’ve always thought that the most effective tool by far against Trump is to mock him. That weakness has been central to this…
I’ve always admired Naomi Klein since reading her terrific and insightful book “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.” She has a NYT editorial column…
For much of the world’s history, we have been ruled by violence and its descendants. Kings won their thrones by having better fighters than their…
I recognize the futility of all of this given the corruption of the Republicans. But for history and anyone paying attention, I would have liked…
Trump’s lawyers argued that the Senate lacked jurisdiction to try the impeachment of a former president, and today that argument failed by a 56-44 vote.…
These past Dispatches were obviously a Trump-era commentary. Maybe I need to to come up with a new name. But since the Biden presidency is only…
Another thought before Trump’s presidency (hopefully) slips into distant memory. One of the many truly odd things about Trump’s presidency was that he insisted on, and got…
Republicans (not just Trump) have embraced and largely succeeded with a “flood the zone” strategy of misconduct and corruption that, regrettably, can make it hard to…
A perfect story to encapsulate what an unfit dick Trump was. Apparently, on his way out the door, Trump fired the White House Chief Usher…
Let me begin by saying that I am strongly for eliminating the legislative filibuster entirely. But certain Democratic Senators, most notably Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), have…
Get ready for this: Trump administration has been lying about the number of vaccines it distributed.
Get ready for this: Trump administration has been lying about the number of vaccines it distributed.
CNN reports that the Biden team is greatly concerned that Trump’s public numbers on vaccines are fake and, more critically, it is hard to really know…
As Trump’s one term winds to a thankful close, one of the largest scandals remains seemingly forgotten and bizarrely unexplained. There not only has never…
Senator Lindsey Graham has previewed the latest Republican effort to distract and deflect: arguing that, in the name of “unity,” Joe Biden should convince Democrats…
Banning Trump from Twitter has had a starkly noticeable and beneficial impact. It has been a refreshing break, to say the least, generally. And Just…
In his “Don’t Impeach Me” video, Trump said “This moment calls for healing[.]” Other Republicans have joined this rhetorical bandwagon. House Republican Leader McCarthy issued…
A brief note on a diary that I wrote yesterday arguing that Democrats should embrace the fact that many Trump election lawsuits were dismissed for…
