25 Nov, 2016
Read my apocalypse: Dead reckoning
“The Ship of State—especially that of the United States—may have begun as a lithe and limber craft back in the...
13 Nov, 2016
No
“Is Donald Trump a Hitler nouveau? Probably not. Still, in this time of preparing a switch from mild, articulate…” Tom...
3 Nov, 2016
Cop Killers and Trump
“When you hear that a police officer was ambushed and shot to death, what is your first image? For many...
30 Oct, 2016
Supremes, the Senate and the Dirty Donalds, Segretti to Trump
“OK, the Republicans said when Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away late last winter, we are not going to...
24 Oct, 2016
Bad Hombre
“Watching the 2016 campaign is hypnotically akin to the gawker slowdown that affects traffic with the slightest accident.” Tom H....
12 Oct, 2016
Negative coattails good for Senate
“Donald Trump is in love. Like any narcissist, he sees his heart’s desire in the mirror and is pathologically incapable...
6 Oct, 2016
Rethinking killing civilians
“When challenged about airstrikes that kill civilians—whether from drones or jets with “smart” ordnance—the excuses given…” Tom H. Hastings Published...
2 Oct, 2016
Trump the pigeon
“As the famous ethologist Konrad Lorenz told us in his classic 1963 book, On Aggression, we humans are closer to...
28 Sep, 2016
Manifesting the worst old norms
“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...
19 Sep, 2016
Your rights and our election
“Rights. We are inundated with a great deal of loose talk about “rights.” What sorts of them? Legal rights. Civil...
14 Sep, 2016
Pivot to peace
“OK, the history of the United States is one of a nation built on robbery, murder, massacre, exploitation by armed...
7 Sep, 2016
Commemorate the good September 11
“Here it comes—the marking of another year living with the memories and influences of September 11, 1906. Excuse me?…” Tom...
2 Sep, 2016
Don’t elect tax and spend politicians
“What is the new frame for Republican Senate candidates? In Arizona, John McCain claims that once Clinton is elected…” Tom...
27 Aug, 2016
Races about race
“His latest—telling African Americans that they are doing lousy so “what the hell have you got to lose?” is his...
19 Aug, 2016
Seven Reasons to Flip the Senate
“The US Senate is up for grabs. Republicans hold 54 seats but 34 senate races could change that. If the...