Trump is but a mask for a Republican leadership that has embraced the darkest, cruelest and deadliest realms of the American psyche.
Columns
First Things First: Make Dealing With Climate Change a Top Planning Priority
The politics of denial increase the danger to us all.
Fred Harris and the Politics of Decency and Courage
The late U.S. Senator’s strength flowed from his unshakeable belief in the ground rules of fairness, justice and equal opportunity.
MIRACLE GIFTS THAT MAKE US WHO WE ARE
V.B. Price’s 2024 Christmas Poem
The Great Political Sin
There is no greater political crime in a democracy than to suppress the opposition with the threat of legal or physical violence.
Dear Friends and Readers,
I’m just now recovering from the communal kick in the head many of us suffered last week. I know many of us have sweated out dark nights of paranoia. We’ve crumbled under fathomless sadness and stood up again. We’ve admitted to ourselves that we can’t honestly say we understand emotionally or psychologically what happened to […]
“Deep State” Conspiracy Theories Undermine Our Economy and Our Modern Way of Life
Of all the dire possibilities of a second Trump administration looming on the horizon — including mass deportations, the Nazi-esque persecution of political enemies, the complete denial of climate change and the lethal coddling of polluters and their pollution — the GOP’s demonizing of the federal bureaucracy has the most wide-ranging and sinister implications, especially […]






