What a horrible, horrible time. A staggering – and staggered — 73 percent of us say the nation is headed in the wrong direction. Nonetheless – and don’t count me among the unfathomable 27 percent giving today a thumbs up — count me as highly encouraged. …
DetailsCan he interest you in some statuary? We’re talking fully functional statues here – Confederate heroes, conquerors, all the best. And at low, low flea-market prices. Donald Trump, whose cracked lips will never utter the “Black” in “Black Lives Matter,” is your man if your interest…
DetailsWhere is Mike Pence today to tell everybody it’s all under control? Come out, come out, wherever you are, people. Not to go all InfoWars here, but I’m going to offer a conspiracy theory: Everywhere Pence visits, COVID cases spike. Is he our super-spreader? Where is Donald…
DetailsHere we go, a slide down a razor blade of more death and disruption. This against a foe we know how to beat. New York is beating it. Europe is beating it. Australia is beating it. But vast swaths of the United States are getting their cans…
DetailsIt was a small misunderstanding. A little thing, really. The two men were prone on the ground face-first, fearing for their lives. A man with two Glocks and the tactical vest had ’em there. He was sure they were antifa. Leave it to the media to make…
DetailsIt was beyond horrific: Lungs collapsing under the weight of their own resistance. Vibrant and alive by morning. Dead by night. The influenza pandemic of 1918 did something else ever etched into the minds of those who cared for the dying. In many cases it turned white people…
DetailsAccentuate the positive. Donald Trump had peaceful protesters gassed, had them flash-banged and chased by mounted park rangers, to clear his path for a two-bit photo-op. But at least he didn’t take a golf cart. He didn’t have his coterie of sycophants lay palm fronds before him. He didn’t…
DetailsTo certain fanatics who call themselves “pro-life,” the means always justify the end. The end of a woman’s right to choose, that is. Those means include specious “informed consent” laws to promote myth and misinformation. Those means include surreptitious and illegal efforts to entrap women’s clinic workers…
DetailsIf you want Baby Trump to go full diaper rash, mention an alternative to risking one’s life at the polls. Rash was the word when Trump threatened Michigan and Nevada with losing federal funds when they took steps to make it possible for more people to vote safely…
DetailsWe are warriors, says Donald Trump. You, me — enlistees in a war against a killer. In waging it, however, apparently most of us have been doing the wrong thing. We thought we did right by social-distancing, covering faces when out, and otherwise just staying home. Wrong. …
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