Observing our president in Europe, I could only think: Things are getting better. I saw him talk of conciliation and cooperation. I saw him exhibit world leadership, not egotistical showmanship. I saw him smile sunbeams of reassurance to allies. I saw that his wife’s hand did not elude his grasp.…
DetailsThe Klan marched on the front page of my Denver Post this morning. By the thousands. A river of white. Not to worry, exactly. It was 1926, not 2021, the black-and-white photo illustrating the story of a new initiative to lift the hood off the Klan’s immense influence once…
DetailsSyndicated cartoonist Jeff Stahler nailed it: “If Fox News was around in the ’50s, we’d still be fighting polio.” As sure as Sean Hannity is smarmy, we’d be into our fourth generation of children in leg braces. Experts still would be trying to convince certain segments of society…
DetailsCults in the news: In dusty little Moffat, Colo., seven people are charged with the strange crime of corpse abuse. The Love Has Won commune couldn’t let go — months after its leader expired — committing her decaying remains to a corner bedroom. Not to be…
DetailsBefore discussing the state of minority rule regarding the health crisis of gun proliferation, a moment of silence for the National Rifle Association. Thank you. No, the NRA isn’t dead. It is, however, in a life-threatening pickle. It is frantically trying to skirt justice, Donald Trump-style, as New…
DetailsIf this is “woke,” bring it. Add my voice to those calling on the NCAA to stick it to states that marginalize transgender individuals. That could mean pulling tournaments based on the NCAA Board of Governor’s April 12 statement that “firmly and unequivocally supports the opportunity for…
DetailsI’m waiting for my apology from Newsmax. Last week it apologized to Eric Coomer, director of security for Dominion Voting Systems, for spreading Republican lies about the 2020 election. It apologized for “any harm that our reporting” caused to Coomer and his family. They had received death threats generated…
Details“First one sheep jumped to its death. Then stunned Turkish shepherds, who had left the herd to graze while they had breakfast, watched as nearly 1,500 others followed, each leaping off the same cliff.” Sad to say, that 2005 account from USA Today reflects not only the behavior…
DetailsJim Jordan, cover your nose. A full-grown individual should know the function of a mask in a pandemic. There was the Ohio congressman, however, in full 3-year-old mode, his nasal instrument hanging out as he berated Anthony Fauci. Jordan was reprising a tiresome Republican act: assailing…
DetailsHalf a league, half a league, half a league onward. All in the valley of Death rode the 10 thousand. “Forward the White Brigade!” Apologies to Alfred Lord Tennyson, but a certain full-of-self Republican in Texas has made the appropriation too easy. Last week the…
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