I was born in the 1950s when it was not illegal for black people in the south to vote—it was suicide. Pseudo-laws, tests, intimidation, hoods, ropes, and guns were the anti-democracy tactics of the day. […]
Category: principle
A millennial’s plea to Boomers and older GenXers.
A few years ago, I wrote the piece titled “Boomers Must Take Some Blame And Help Fix Generation Y Unhappy Problem” without any malintent. I was raked over the coals by my boomer friends who […]
Those committed to truth and facts must fight five times harder than the Republicans and their lies.
It depresses me to acknowledge this, but the Republicans’ commitment to blatant and serial lying, and Orwellian “make believe” governing, pose a real threat by overwhelming the public debate and individual’s efforts to stay grounded. While a bit well-worn […]
Oops! Republican Projection: Man convicted of voter fraud in PA voted for Trump & more to come
President Trump and his Republican sycophants are the masters of projection. It turns out voter fraud is from Trumpsters. It turns out the voter fraud is by Trumpsters See full episodes here. As Trump and most […]
Liz Cheney and the Biden Fist Bump
It’s a sign of the times that Liz Cheney had to explain herself: I disagree strongly w/@JoeBiden policies, but when the President reaches out to greet me in the chamber of the US House of […]
Funny thing about “Freedom of Speech”
At home with my elder five sisters I very soon learnt that freedom of speech had consequences, by that I mean that you better had been damn ready to defend what you said. My parents […]
“We are no longer the world’s laughingstock.”
That is one line that jumped out at me from this Washington Post opinion piece by Jennifer Rubin that describe Joe Biden as “Distinguished ol of the week” while pointing out that “No progress was […]
Sen. Johnson wants to force 10-hour reading of entire COVID bill, because he's a huge d*ck
Well, actually, he’s a Badger, not a duck. I was born in Wisconsin and currently live in Oregon. Believe me, I know the difference. And I can assure you, this guy is one enormous Johnson. […]
A 'second gilded age'? Maybe, but only because recycling ideas is an academic genre
Darn those class commitments, aligning us to our political choices in a democracy, made worse by all those folks who knew they were in that Gilded Age. “If the future of the Democratic Party is […]
NY-Sen: Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D), “House will send impeachment article to Senate on Monday”
the Diet Coke button's gone, Trump is golfing in Florida, and Kevin McCarthy tries to revise history
not a lot of time but plenty of evidence, just like the last impeachment if 45 gets “more unstable”?
“An incompetent coup, a clown coup, a ludicrous coup, a ridiculous coup – these are all still coups”
