Is there any way to end this degrading foolishness?
Why Is This Desperately Important Presidential Election So Monumentally Annoying?
Columns
Yes, It’s Getting Weird, but It’s Much, Much Worse Than That
The virus of hate is driving half of our electorate stark raving nuts.
Us v. Those Who Think They Are Better Than Us
Trump and Vance are anathemas to most women and men in America.
More Than a Little Border Dispute Between the Three Branches of Government
In granting “absolute” immunity from criminal prosecution to a sitting U.S. president conducting official business, and in undermining the partnership between Congress and the executive branch in implementing laws through regulation, the U.S. Supreme Court has become the aggressor in a guerilla war to redefine the meaning of the checks and balances that are at […]
Descending Once Again Into the Worst of Ourselves
In dangerously complicated times, every power group reverts to form.
Supreme Court Coup
The conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court staged a bloodless but unscrupulous coup last week, a bald-faced power grab that replaced the balance of powers and the rule of law with a Jesuitical version of Christian nationalism, complete with the divine right of kings for the president and the presumption of judicial infallibility for […]
The GOP and Its Avalanche of Negativity: No, No, No, No
In this fateful election year, the Republican party is choosing to offer American voters nothing but NO. No to treating the homeless like human beings. No to stopping greenhouse emissions and battling climate change. No to federal workers. No to unions. No to teachers. No to public education. No to opposing racism. No to civil […]