January 20, 2017, a day that will live in ignominy
“Donald J. Trump has been inaugurated as the 45th President of the US. If you are a xenophobic isolationist nationalist,...
“Donald J. Trump has been inaugurated as the 45th President of the US. If you are a xenophobic isolationist nationalist,...
“Donald Trump is bringing jobs back! Well, OK, he is saving jobs!” Tom H. Hastings Published in: RICentral, Nation of...
“The Ship of State—especially that of the United States—may have begun as a lithe and limber craft back in the...
“Is Donald Trump a Hitler nouveau? Probably not. Still, in this time of preparing a switch from mild, articulate…” Tom...
“When you hear that a police officer was ambushed and shot to death, what is your first image? For many...
“OK, the Republicans said when Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away late last winter, we are not going to...
“Watching the 2016 campaign is hypnotically akin to the gawker slowdown that affects traffic with the slightest accident.” Tom H....
“Donald Trump is in love. Like any narcissist, he sees his heart’s desire in the mirror and is pathologically incapable...
“When challenged about airstrikes that kill civilians—whether from drones or jets with “smart” ordnance—the excuses given…” Tom H. Hastings Published...
“As the famous ethologist Konrad Lorenz told us in his classic 1963 book, On Aggression, we humans are closer to...
“A half-century ago I was a 17-year-old who had just been hired to do door-to-door canvassing for the Minneapolis Housing...
“Rights. We are inundated with a great deal of loose talk about “rights.” What sorts of them? Legal rights. Civil...
“OK, the history of the United States is one of a nation built on robbery, murder, massacre, exploitation by armed...
“Here it comes—the marking of another year living with the memories and influences of September 11, 1906. Excuse me?…” Tom...
“What is the new frame for Republican Senate candidates? In Arizona, John McCain claims that once Clinton is elected…” Tom...