28 Oct, 2020
The parallel universe of peace
Here’s a piece of paradoxical news that puts even the looming U.S. presidential election in perspective: Nuclear weapons are now (or soon will be) . . . good Lord, illegal...
28 Oct, 2020
27 Oct, 2020
Once we recognize the interdependence of the world, we can shape a better future
If there is one lesson that the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing global economic recession have taught us, it is that we live in a world that is so interconnected ...
26 Oct, 2020
Trump’s Broken Promises to U.S. Factory Workers
Back in 2016, while campaigning for president, Donald Trump discovered a useful tactic for drawing the votes of...
22 Oct, 2020
The anti-racist revolution
The nation has less than two weeks left to live in its comfort zone of platitudes. This is by far the most ominous election buildup of my...
21 Oct, 2020
Critical Patriotism
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
21 Oct, 2020
Preparing for a Contested Election
Though former Vice-President Joe Biden maintains...
19 Oct, 2020
Trumpism Has Brought Democracy to Its Knees
In what we can only hope is its terminal phase, the Trump administration is doing everything it can to make a mockery of American democracy.
18 Oct, 2020
Will ‘Nones’ Bring a Progressive Future?
Someday, the coronavirus tragedy will be gone, wiped out by scientific vaccines. And Donald Trump will be just an unpleasant memory, an absurd reminder of what can happen when bigotry contaminates democracy.
15 Oct, 2020
Not Proud, Boys
On the eve of the presidential election, are men ready to stand up and yell fire in the national theater we call the United States? Let’s face it; all of us who recognize that manhood and masculinity are evolving must speak out about the intimidating alpha males who pose a grave threat to society, especially at this fraught moment when COVID-19 is ravaging the world...
14 Oct, 2020
Why women should not vote for Trump
Given his track record with women—dozens of allegations of sexual misconduct, horrible rhetoric about “grabbing them by the ^ussy” and more—it should not be a surprise that Donald Trump is no friend to female voters...
14 Oct, 2020
Columbus Day in Pretend America
Before the fake holiday known as Columbus Day completely disappears for another year, I want to grab hold of it for a moment and look at what it really has to offer us: a dizzying dose of historical realism.
13 Oct, 2020
A Voice and a Vote for the People of the World
It is now more evident than ever that the world lacks the structures necessary to successfully address the many global problems facing it...
13 Oct, 2020
Memories of Voter Suppression
Back in July 1962, when, according to Donald Trump, America was “great,” I was in the Deep South, working to register Black voters. It was a near-hopeless project, given the mass disenfranchisement of the region’s Black population that was enforced by Southern law and white terrorism...
12 Oct, 2020
The Menacing Threat of Hate and Political Violence
Matthew Shepard, just 21, was murdered in an anti-gay hate crime on October 7, 1998, taking five agonizing days to die of his wounds. Sadly, in 2020, the US has not learned the lessons underlying hatred and political violence.
12 Oct, 2020
Trust Science
Long ago, I concluded that no reliable evidence supports gods, devils, heavens, hells, miracles, prophecies and other supernatural stuff of religion. Those magic claims simply arise from the human imagination, I assume. Instead, I chose to trust the honest search of science to explain ultimate mysteries of existence.