The retired actress to whom I referred in my earlier post Republican Moderates Stand No Chance Against Trump said something that resonated with me, “I guess we’re all trying to convince ourselves that the next four years aren’t going to …
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Hoping for the Best, Fearing the Worst
Tagged with: a federal ban on abortion, cabinet positions filled by Trump megadonors who are ridiculously unqualified for their positions, corporate greed making the lives of working Americans miserable, Cuts to Social Security, institutionalized racism, people kicked off healthcare and dying of treatable diseases, presidential lawlessness, tax cuts for billionaires, the demolition of our public education systems, the end of our nation's meager commitment to climate change mitigation
Elon Musk in the News: Nothing Short of Surreal
As demonstrated at left, American politics is getting stranger by the hour. 2GreenEnergy has an X account, but it lies dormant.
Turning Off the News Isn’t a Piece of Cake
We constantly hear people saying, proudly, that they’ve turned off the news, so as to preserve some level of sanity. I get that, but it’s not easy when the content is as disturbing as this.
A Search for Clarity and Meaning
Albert Camus lamented that the world of his time, the mid-20th Century, failed to provide “clarity and meaning.” It’s hard to imagine what he’d make of the changes that have taken place over the last few years, in particular, the …
Bernie Sanders Isn’t Going Anywhere
Even my mom, a lifelong Republican, admires Bernie Sanders. “He’s so sincere,” she says. He is indeed. Two more things: • He’s on the right side of the issue here. He’s passionate about the oath he took to the U.S. …
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The United States — Entering a Different Dimension
The cartoon here put a smile on my face, but it really could be applied to modern-day U.S. politics under Trump. Your next stop? The Twilight Zone.
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Republican Moderates Stand No Chance Against Trump
Yesterday, I had the good fortune to meet a retired Broadway actress who spent last summer in Ireland. She reports that, in many ways, the Irish are more troubled by Trump’s presence in the world than we are ourselves. What’s …
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Trump’s Presidency and the Insurrection
Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law Professor Emeritus (pictured at left) says, “Section 3 of the 14th Amendment bars Donald Trump from taking the oath of office.” This is the amendment that disqualifies former government officials from holding office if they took …
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Here and Now, Unity Does Not Work
Christian pastor John Pavlovitz is correct in what he writes here: unity is a losing concept in U.S. politics at this point in time. And it’s not just that the MAGA crowd resents educated people; we’re not too fond of …
What We’ve Become
At this sad point in time, it looks improbable that Donald Trump will be held accountable for having committed the most egregious crime in U.S. history. We’ve become a lawless nation.
