I will not celebrate… some fictitious kumbaya dinner my ancestors had with the Native Americans before trying to infect them with smallpox the genocide that followed the idea that when my family boarded the Mayflower they were interested in spreading religious freedom the myth of “American exceptionalism” that assumes this nation is inherently better …

Democracy dies in darkness — the Washington Post A good friend of mine, whom I have known for decades, told me they are leaving the news business. There are multiple reasons this veteran journalist is saying goodbye to the profession but one issue they told me about chilled me to the core. …

Could it be because they are scared of their base? Paul Pelosi, the husband of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), was attacked last week and the right seemed to fall all over itself to predictably respond by: Using “whataboutism” to question the motives of anyone who brings up violence against lefties. For example, “What about when (Justice Kavanaugh…

His words are as important today as when he spoke them The nation looks a lot different today than it did when President Abraham Lincoln sat in the White House but there are a lot of things that are the same. Things look very bleak right now. Crime is up…

This is NOT what democracy looks like Yesterday on Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough and Mark McKinnon lamented the end of the sane Republican party. McKinnon compared himself to Sisyphus, the king doomed to forever push a bolder up a hill, in his commitment to the hope the party can regain its moral center. I am with him…

Note: this was originally published some time ago, I think in President Obama’s first term. I think the way I felt during President Clinton’s first term and the way people were thinking about Biden is similar so I am republishing it here. Ok, I published this a few years ago…

Last week, it was Kanye West. This week it was Donald Trump. What will it be next week? Antisemitic incidents are WAY up in the United States. According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), anti-Jewish actions (violence, vandalism) have increased by leaps and bounds over the last few years. It is in that context that Kanye West threatened to go “Death con 3” on the Jewish people and former…

National Coming Out Day October 11, 2022 was National Coming Out Day. For most of my life, I have been looking forward to the day when people coming out was not a real thing. I always thought people should just be who they are and not have to worry about what other people thought…

The real reason for Trump’s visit to DC revealed Former President Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have famously not been around each other in years, leading many to believe they dislike each other but now it seems the opposite is true. The air has been having an affair since shortly after Trump took office in 2017. “If…