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...
15 Aug, 2016
Game changer
“When we think about foreign policy, when we consider our course of action in a conflict, how do we make...
5 Aug, 2016
The numbers don’t lie—but Trump does
“According to a Fox News poll taken this week, voters believe Donald Trump would do better than Hillary Clinton on...
3 Aug, 2016
It’s time
“As I turned 12 on 27 October 1962, I asked my Dad if he thought I’d live to go to...
31 Jul, 2016
BLM
“What does BLM stand for? If you are involved in the land use/land ownership/treaty rights/fed v state Sagebrush Rebellion dust-ups...