5 Nov, 2018
The Right to Vote Is the Foundation of Lawful Government—No Consent = No Government
“One of the great things about being a small-town country lawyer is you get to meet so many “ordinary” Americans...
3 Nov, 2018
Why You Need to Vote (Democrat)
“While nonpartisan get-out-the-vote efforts are admirable and necessary for democracy as it is practiced in the United States, I am...
1 Nov, 2018
Why the Brazilian elections matter
“This past Sunday, on October 28th, Jair Bolsonaro, was elected as the 38th President of Brazil from the Social Liberal...
1 Nov, 2018
Mass murder and American history
““Screw your optics, I’m going in.” This is bigger than hate, this latest mass shooting, last weekend, at the Tree...
31 Oct, 2018
Give Us Not Our Daily Trump
“The media seem to be impaled on the horns of a dilemma: Cover Donald Trump and, if they do so...
31 Oct, 2018
Is China a “Responsible Great Power”?
“President Xi Jinping would like everyone to pay attention to how China is exerting leadership in world affairs as a...
31 Oct, 2018
No More Whitewashing Hate
“Pro-Trump extremist Cesar Sayoc was arrested and charged last Friday (10/26) for mailing multiple pipe bombs. The apparent motive for...
30 Oct, 2018
The Real White Man’s Burden
“It is unfortunate that in the 21st century we are still subjected to the kind of propaganda that positions white...
29 Oct, 2018
One Law to Rule Them All: Thou Shall Not Kill
“Routine mayhem in America is the “new normal?” Not only is it not “normal” it is not “new.” The soul...
29 Oct, 2018
Trump’s Kristallnacht
“We are now moving past “mere” voter suppression and voter intimidation. We have arrived at voter assassination. It was almost...
27 Oct, 2018
The American Taliban
“If you believe in the separation of church and state, then you probably think that evangelicals exert far too much...
25 Oct, 2018
Presidential Nuclear Nonsense
“The Reagan Administration’s 1980s crazy talk of “winning” nuclear war with “only” 20 million US dead produced a lot of...
24 Oct, 2018
Truth and Reconciliation for Gender-based Offenses
“I was very inspired by the bold New York Times piece “Eight Stories of Men’s Regret,” published in response to...
23 Oct, 2018
Why do only some lives matter?
“What would it take for everyone’s life to matter as much as Jamal Khashoggi’s? I ask this question over at...
21 Oct, 2018
Deal me out: Trump’s ego vs Earth
“We used to disparage someone by noting that their “ego is the size of Texas.” Does anyone say that about...