14 Jan, 2019
The Wall Already Exists — In Our Hearts and Minds
“My favorite album of all time is Pink Floyd’s The Wall. It should be re-released given the current (manufactured) crisis....
10 Jan, 2019
Best and Worst
“The immortal novel, A Tale of Two Cities, begins: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of...
10 Jan, 2019
A green future is one without war
“Donald Trump and his base — the leftover scraps of Jim Crow, the broken shards of racist hatred that once...
2 Jan, 2019
A loose cannon for peace?
“Circle the wagons! Apparently what’s under assault is war itself, or so the Establishment believes, in the wake of the...
22 Dec, 2018
Road to Ruin: Trump’s Middle East Retreat
“The flight of the generals is now complete with the resignation of General James Mattis—the last of the four generals...
18 Dec, 2018
Impeach, indict, and sanction
“I still like to start with the words of the Constitution which, being a declaration of the ordinary People, the...
13 Dec, 2018
Border security
“It’s the phrase “border security” that freezes my soul every time I hear it uttered, every time I see it...
7 Dec, 2018
A Requiem for Donald Trump
“Aug. 27, 2026 I attended Donald Trump’s funeral today in a half-empty Washington Cathedral, curious to learn how the 45th...
18 Nov, 2018
Lurching Toward Catastrophe: The Trump Administration and Nuclear Weapons
“In July 2017, by a vote of 122 to 1, with one abstention, nations from around the world attending a...
1 Nov, 2018
Why the Brazilian elections matter
“This past Sunday, on October 28th, Jair Bolsonaro, was elected as the 38th President of Brazil from the Social Liberal...
31 Oct, 2018
Give Us Not Our Daily Trump
“The media seem to be impaled on the horns of a dilemma: Cover Donald Trump and, if they do so...
31 Oct, 2018
No More Whitewashing Hate
“Pro-Trump extremist Cesar Sayoc was arrested and charged last Friday (10/26) for mailing multiple pipe bombs. The apparent motive for...
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...
17 Oct, 2018
The Khashoggi Affair: A Murder Mystery in Four Acts
“Act 1 (Washington, DC): Upon learning of the disappearance and possible murder of the Saudi journalist and critic, Jamal Khashoggi,...