18 Nov, 2018
Look to the right for corruption
“When I was growing up a long time ago there was a presumption of prudential integrity for politicians. Yes, I...
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...
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...
19 Oct, 2018
Calibrating for fake v real news
“I teach between 300-400 students every year and one of the most frequent concerns expressed by them is source reliability…”...
14 Oct, 2018
Our American character and you the voter
“When we speak of people from a particular identity group—ethnicity, nationality, regional group, state, town, or one of many others—we...
10 Sep, 2018
Hey! Democracy! Choices!
“What, we wonder, can we do about it? What is there to do about a lack of funding for our...
25 Aug, 2018
Lock him up! Lock him up! The Flipper regime
“His karma is headed over the cliff. They are finding the witches, eh? Michael Cohen, his fixer lawyer, pleads out,...
18 Aug, 2018
Anti-American, anti-truth White House
“How is Trump doing in his fake MAGA quest? MPGA? Make Putin Great Again? My career as an activist since...
8 Jul, 2018
Coarse culture resurgent racism
“From calling Mexicans rapists and animals to calling the one African American at one of his rallies “my African American,”...
3 Jul, 2018
Nonviolent American Revolution 2.0
“Now comes the 4th of July, when we celebrate how the American colonists used nonviolent tactics to win independence from...
24 Jun, 2018
Vlad’s man in the White House
“OK, if you are the brutal authoritarian ruler of Russia and you want more global power, what is your fantasy...
15 Jun, 2018
Trump’s Hobbesian trade war
“Now comes the Trump Trade War, his Bellum omnium contra omnes, war of all against all. It is the most...
13 Jun, 2018
No, Not Nixon, Not China
“Big success, no nuclear war! He saved 50 million lives! Thank you, Dear Leader! Like unlikely Nixon opening China, clever...
2 Jun, 2018
Big Man politics, Africa to America
“We in the civilized, modern, savvy, worldly, urbane part of the world scoff and pity the poor African countries that...
22 May, 2018
Benito Trump
“As a boy who grew up on skates in Minnesota with my Dad as hockey coach, I vividly recall that...