Public support for labor unions is as high as it’s been in more that 50 years. This is an indication that voters understand that the common American is being ground into the pavement by the cruelty of the corporate world …
Americans’ Approval of Labor Unions Highest Since 1965 Read More »
From this piece on Trump’s acrimony re: mainstream reporting: The board that administers Pulitzer Prizes denied former President Trump’s request to revoke the prizes that the Washington Post and the New York Times won in 2018 for their reports on …
Freedoms of speech and the press are complicated matters. Where do these freedoms take us vis-a-vis fraud, child pornography, incitement to violence, and violation of intellectual property law? For my money, the U.S. Supreme Court has done a pretty admirable …
Let’s not forget about how overt and direct Ginni Thomas was in lying to Mark Meadows in order to solicit his help in overthrowing the U.S. government. These people doubled down on this crap at dozens of times and places …
Here’s a popular narrative: a civil war is brewing in the United States. It’s possible to imagine that a large and heavily armed collection of Trump supporters who believe the Big Lie gets news that their hero has been charged …
The United States: Armed to the Teeth and Strutting Toward the Apocalypse Read More »
Tucker Carlson and I both graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, CT, and many fellow alumni are deeply chagrined to have any relationship, even by chance, with this abominable human being. Here’s a letter on the subject that one Mark …
Does Tucker Carlson’s College Need To Disavow Itself of His Racist Stupidity? Read More »
From this piece: The Depressing Final Act of Eric Clapton: Bigotry and ignorance, in the age of the internet, have a way of catching up with you. And Clapton’s racism and conspiracy theories can no longer be ignored. A friend …
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This is funny, but it’s not true; these people believe every syllable of the b.s. they’re consuming. That’s what make all this so dangerous. Where do we think the skyrocketing incidence of violence against Asian-Americans comes from? The Gods of …
Wish It Weren’t So, But Fox News Viewers Believe What They’re Seeing Read More »
I’m not so sure about what Gandhi said here. It seems like history features waves of good and evil leaders, yet perhaps the metaphor of the pendulum that oscillates between two extremes is better. Ancient Rome had a great number …
As the Sierra Club notes, “Environmental laws are only as strong as the judges who uphold them. Right now, cases before the court include decisions that could affect our ability to fight climate change, and protect the public against deadly …
U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Has Strong Environmental Record Read More »
