The NRA is so frightened of a future where the kids are heard they’re willing to tear down all the bullshit they purport to hold dear to stop them. UPDATED: PARKLAND, Fl. […]
Hillary, give ’em the bird
#BernieOrBust movement feels democracy itself is threatened. Sanders as VP candidate would ease those worries. Hillary Clinton is worried about party unity. She should be. Bernie Sanders leads a grassroots movement larger […]
2016: so far a bleak year, fettered by anger
I began 2016, the year in which I turned 70 years old, so damn angry. More than sufficient reasons exist for all that anger. I, like many of you, am unwillingly steeped […]
Teddy Roosevelt vs Ammon Bundy: why white thugs should be treated with respect by police
The “Arson Rebellion”: justice and due process matters whether you’re rural and white or urban and black Let me tell you a story about Teddy Roosevelt. As a young man, he lived in […]
Then they fight you: DNC shuts down Sanders campaign
Recently, the private company that manages data for the DNC suspended the Sanders campaign’s access to their own voter data. Ostensibly, this is because the Sanders campaign accessed data exclusively owned by […]
Should the First Amendment protect lying?
Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus case asks SCotUS to extend constitutional protections to to those who intentionally lie to voters. I do not know anyone whose parents or church taught them […]
The Kennedy assassination: from Camelot to Clusterfuck
Yes, I know precisely where I was when someone murdered John Fitzgerald Kennedy. No, I do not want to hear where the hell you were. Nor do I want to read or […]
The Senate gun control vote reveals our lizard overlords
A few nights ago there was a segment on NPR about the demise of the most recent, tepid gun control legislation. The host had the standard breadth of guests to discuss this […]
Guns, knives, pit bulls and the new Gallup poll
This morning I walked past a man about my age, sixty, who was wearing camouflage and a fatigue-style cap. He had two Bowie knives on his belt and was walking a ferocious-looking […]
The devil is in the details: WHICH Christianity are we making the official state religion, exactly?
Legislators in North Carolina recently introduced a bill to make Christianity the official state religion. That bill has now been turfed, but we can probably expect similar moves in the future. An […]