Why Donald Trump is a fascist, part one of an eight part essay. Fascism according to a definition acquired during a college class in 1994.
Donald Trump is a fascist, Part One
Do the right thing: Hillary’s “southern firewall” is about to vanish
Dear Ta-Nehisi Coates: Senator Bernie Sanders is an honest man. If you ask him a direct question, he will answer. If he doesn’t know, he will admit that he doesn’t know. He […]
Lawn jockey: yard and garden statuary in the post-racial South
A question of black and white
Racism: Update for white Christians
During the epidemic of denial regarding the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia, accurately described as PTSD-like by my friend Sam, the genius editorialist Ta-Nahisi Coates published an open letter […]
Confederate PTSD: Curing the South
When I was in graduate school at Iowa State in the late 1980s I hit a period, during my second year, where a little homesickness set in. So I did something to […]
Racism: death of a nation
White people: Don’t get defensive. I was brought up in the South. I know what it’s like. A bunch of grown men, pillars of the community, get together around the grill, maybe […]
Racist thugs on Paris subway platform do not represent Chelsea FC supporters: #ktbffh
Pick a football site, any football site. Right now the raging topic of discussion is the abominably racist behavior of some Chelsea fans on a Paris subway platform in advance of the club’s […]
The US prison system: America’s contemporary shame
by David Lambert For over 300 years, slavery was a banality in America, blending into everyday life seamlessly and uneventfully. Despite how difficult it is for us to imagine a society in […]
Washington Post ed board to stop using racist NFL team nickname. FINALLY. But what about the sports dept?
Two decades ago the WaPo condemned the use of “Redskins.” A generation later, by god they’re doing something about it. Sorta. Way back in 1992 the Washington Post concluded that “the time-hallowed name bestowed […]
Cliven Bundy is not a racist
He meant that The Negro would be better off as a slave in the progressive way. What the hell is wrong with you people?
