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Good Guys with Guns Can’t Stop Mass Shootings
“Only Thing That Stops A Bad Guy With A Gun Is A Good Guy With A Gun.” The favorite bull*hit spewed by the NRA, Trumpsters, MAGAs. Nothing is holier than the second amendment, for which there is only one reading, one interpretation according to the usual suspects. Really. No, I …
Read More »Movie Review: ‘White Riot’
'White Riot' is about events that took place 40 years ago but its message of unite in a fight against the right is still important today.
Read More »My Private Messages from the Trumps
The president and his family have been emailing me almost every day. They sound as if they know me, though they keep calling me by the wrong name.
Read More »‘What’s The Matter With Kansas?’ – A Deconstruction
“Kansas” is a metaphor for the good old days, an apt one for times when “average” meant good and decent and true, especially “an average American” – as American as apple pie.
Read More »State of the Union Circa 2020 – Part IV
Where does Steve Bannon's anti-elitism go wrong? It’s in failing to distinguish between the kinds of populist movements that may ensue.
Read More »State of the Union Circa 2020 – Part III
The notion of the common good, the very aim of responsible legislation and sound government, is made obsolete by the fact that the public, such as it had become, no longer has much of anything in common.
Read More »State of the Union Circa 2020 – Part II
What was it about the immigration issue that had so energized the voting public? White supremacy re-emerged in response to Trump's dog whistle.
Read More »State of the Union Circa 2020 – Part I
Looking back to Eric Cantor's surprising re-election loss in 2014 to uncover the root causes of present-day anomalies in the American political landscape.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Along The Trenches’ by Navid Kermani
'Along The Trenches' by Navid Kermani is a amazingly well written and easy to comprehend book creating a stark picture of reality in modern Eastern Europe.
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