MAGA is racist. So is building DAPL, and ending DACA, and even the full Star-Spangled Banner poem. If you support all those things, you might be racist too.
You might be a racist if….
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 […]
Independence Day, a baseball game, and fireworks in the age of Donald Trump
Donald, Independence Day, a baseball game, and fireworks proved to be a recipe for cognitive dissonance.
Chill, baby, chill: Arctic oil exploration and climate security
My wife’s engagement ring contains a marquis cut diamond appraised at $2000. I bought it at a pawn shop for $600. The pawn broker was ready to shoot me dead if I […]
Tension on display between public officials and the press
Hillary Clinton is not the only public figure trying to put journalists in their place. Earlier this month, the former Secretary of State angered reporters when staffers from her presidential campaign kept […]
Hillary breaks bad on Wall St. and the 1%, but why should we trust her (or any of the Democrats, for that matter)?
People keep telling me I have to be realistic. But step one of being a realist is acknowledging reality. I have been pretty vocal in my criticism of Barack Obama over the past […]
What to expect from 2015 State of the Union address: no surprises at all
If you want to know what President Barack Obama will discuss in his 2015 State of the Union speech, there is no need to wait until Tuesday when he delivers his annual […]
Mystery Unraveled: How a white, moderate, married, churchgoing, middle-class, middle-aged woman could vote for Obama
‘We do not see things as they are; we see things as we are.” – Anais Nin If there’s one word that seemed to characterize Romney supporters’ immediate reaction to Obama’s victory, […]
Toon: Billion-dollar Barry
What does a billion dollars buy?
Re: New Jersey electronic voting
Right now, the East Coast is still recovering from Hurricane Sandy and the destruction she wrought. New Jersey in particular was hard-hit, forcing boards of elections to think quickly: how can people […]
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