Are MAGA folks bad human beings? It’s a question most Democrats and other left-of-center people have probably asked themselves. Well, are they? Part of me says maybe, especially when I think of the varying levels of racism so many of them carry, but the more reflective part of me says, I don’t think so, that […]
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Oh, for the dayWhen I could rise and proudly sayMy country ’tis of theeSweet land of liberty. But it seems to have grown so foulThat proud no longer is the word we howlReplaced with a fear so clear to seeWhile pitiful fools dance with glee. Oh, where are the Franklins, Washingtons, and HamiltonsOr even the
With the Supreme Court’s recent decision that sent Trump salivating like Pavlov’s dogs, it’s time to repost my article from last September. It was an observation that far too many Americans are literally oblivious to the existential threat to democracy posed by Trump. As Reed Galen observed, some French were sipping wine in country cafes
If this debate was about performative beauty, of course Joe Biden lost. But we Americans need to look deep down inside to ask ourselves, is this how we judge our President? True, he’s old, he stutters, he was sick and his throat froggy, but he still understands the issues and does the right thing. My
