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Monthly Archives: September 2023

Don’t go making God your foil

UncategorizedBy John YoungSeptember 25, 2023Leave a comment

I’ve never felt sufficiently schooled to ascribe to a higher being that which lower beings do, or fail to. Occasionally, however, an event screams out, “Attention: Message from God.” Such is the Sept. 10 flood that erased from this earth much of the Libyan city of Derna and nearly a quarter of its 80,000 residents.…

Another big GOP lie: ‘Economy’s a wreck’

UncategorizedBy John YoungSeptember 19, 2023Leave a comment

The only useful thing to deduce from polls more than a year away from the next presidential election is this from Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin: “We have a deficit of accurate, reliable information in the electorate.” She’s right. A ghastly chunk of today’s voters simply don’t know what they’re talking about. “They tell pollsters…

‘DEI!’ It’s the new Red (state) Scare

UncategorizedBy John YoungSeptember 11, 2023Leave a comment

At the college where I teach, the school year started with an “LGBTQ Appreciation” reception. It was followed by a Black student reception, followed by a first-generation student event. Then the school celebrated a new multicultural resources zone at the student center. At my school, the words “diversity, ethnicity and inclusion” are points of pride.…

Racist designs of Big Lie players

UncategorizedBy John YoungSeptember 4, 2023Leave a comment

Nobody ever accused Donald Trump of not knowing his constituency. Having lost the presidency, having made a list of suspects behind the “steal” (which he concocted long before losing), he and his MAGA kin have compiled a list of new offenses linked to the theft. The terms fit well with the old Jim Crow standby,…

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