26 Jun, 2020
Battleground States
“The time for manufacturing of weapons of war has passed as a viable industry for our nation, despite the way...
25 Jun, 2020
Conservatives lose – and lose – and lose
“This month’s Supreme Court decree that gays cannot be fired from jobs simply because they’re gay is a solid blow...
24 Jun, 2020
Seattle’s cauldron of possibility
“Maybe CHOP won’t last, but something is changing. Our national groupthink, as maintained with such stalwart certainty over the last...
24 Jun, 2020
Banana Republic or Constitutional Democracy? The US Military May Decide
“Donald Trump’s appearance at the West Point graduation ceremonies a few weeks ago reminded some observers of the Class of...
22 Jun, 2020
Why “Libtard” is Lazy and Offensive
“Having spent some time perusing social media in the last few weeks, I am appalled at the words some will...
21 Jun, 2020
Lives and Statues
“Two letters appeared in my local newspaper on Saturday, in response to the recent protests around the African American…” Abraham...
19 Jun, 2020
Rayshard Brooks (and so many more) should still be alive
“Police departments all across America keep proving the same point: they are not training officers to honor the protection of...
19 Jun, 2020
Quarantine quarrels and 10 helpful hints
“My wife and I are both professionals who teach and counsel individuals and couples about how to handle their conflicts...
17 Jun, 2020
Defunding ‘justified’ murder
“Well, he deserved to die, didn’t he? He fought, he ran, he grabbed the cop’s taser and fired it. And...
16 Jun, 2020
Let Them Eat Weapons: Trump’s Bizarre Arms Race
“In late May of this year, President Donald Trump’s special envoy for arms control bragged before a Washington think tank...
14 Jun, 2020
From Rage to Reform
“George Floyd is becoming the Emmett Till of the 21st Century. The ongoing, passionate, widespread, and no longer violent demonstrations...
11 Jun, 2020
White Supremacy and World Supremacy
“Recently the Equity Leadership Steering Committee associated with an almost entirely white school district in Maine came out with a...
11 Jun, 2020
Globally uprooting a racist past
“And the toppled statue of a 17th century slave trader, now at the bottom of Bristol Harbour, is suddenly more...
8 Jun, 2020
Why did the chicken cross the road?
“The coronavirus is now responsible for more than 110,375 American deaths. The White House response to this medical emergency has...
7 Jun, 2020
The Subversion of New York City’s Official Policy to Curb Police Brutality
“In early November 1966, my sister and I?armed with a bucket of home-made paste, a wide brush, and a thick...