The very first things I wrote about the internet were dark: hate groups, right wing extremists, and their ability to do harm in cyberspace. Twenty-three years ago I began an academic relationship […]
Fighting the darkness
Cat White
Abortion laws are about control
Not surprisingly the S&R writers have been participating in an email conversation over the proliferation of extremist abortion laws: Ohio, Georgia, and Alabama specifically. Someone suggested a post about the role of […]
To the kid in the MAGA cap
Dear Kid, Yes, you. You know exactly who you are. So do your friends, teachers, and parents. Maybe this morning you still think that’s cool. Maybe you’re waiting for the interview requests […]
George HW Bush in hindsight
George H. W. Bush spoke at my Senior Recognition assembly the year I graduated from high school. He was trying to win the GOP nomination that eventually went to Ronald Reagan. My […]
John Williams: the greatest composer of movie music
This evening I have the great privilege and joy of seeing and hearing John Williams conduct the Cleveland Orchestra again. I saw him conduct for the first time in the early 1980s […]
Will the real John Kasich please stand up
Ohio Governor is making headlines for “breaking with the GOP on gun control.” Not so fast, Governor. Until Friday, February 16, two days after the mass shooting in Parkland, FL, his wepage […]
Everyday harassment
Suck it up. Grow a set. Put on your Big Girl panties. Get over it. #MeToo The first time I faced sexual harassment was when I was about 10 years old. I […]
Whose eulogy could Trump deliver?
This question has been rattling around in my brain since at least the inauguration: Whose eulogy could Trump deliver? There will come a time before January 2021 when it would be appropriate for […]
Mid-century modern bigotry
Frankenstein, 1932: villagers with pitchforks and torches search for the monster who killed the little blonde girl. Berlin, 1933: Brown-shirted Nazis march triumphantly through Berlin by torchlight to celebrate the accession of Adolph […]
Trump is the tycoon of failure
Obamacare is like the movie monster that defies every attempt to kill it. Now Trump wants the GOP to let it die a natural death so “the Republicans are not going to own it.” But they do own it.
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