On The Internet Mean Streets
There is a picture making its way around the internet of a grossly overweight woman standing in what looks like a cafeteria line. She is wearing a pair of shorts that are several sizes too small and...
View ArticleSay What You Will About Torture, It's Still Torture
Last week the Senate Intelligence Committee released their report on the CIA's detention and interrogation program, and, while much of it had already been hashed over soon after the events at Abu...
View ArticleCurtain Down On The Trump Show Already. Please.
I've got that thing again where my heart races and my belly hurts and I don't know whether those tears are from laughing or crying. I'm craving chocolate, any kind will do, and I can't stop thinking...
View ArticleI Didn't Leave Bernie, Bernie Left Me.
I’m a liberal and Bernie Sanders is a Democratic Socialist. Both of us have our roots in good old FDR blue collar pragmatism. I thought, way back in 2011, when I wrote glowingly about him, that if he...
View ArticleThe Politics of Emotion
We’re scared, we’re confused, we’re enraged—and that’s the way they want it.This last week has been a doozy. An entire thesaurus of emotions bombard us every day, every night, and we’re at the point...
View ArticleWhen the Democrats Seized the Day: John Lewis and His Fight for Our Lives
RIP John Lewis. Your impact will be remembered, your goodness will be honored. Good Trouble ahead.In June, 2016, the great Civil Rights icon, Rep. John Lewis, helped to stage a sit-in on the House...
View ArticleWe All Know Right From Wrong: We Don't Need Commandments or Courts to Tell Us...
You may have watched in real time, as I did, the horrific scenes as thousands of insurrectionists stormed the Capitol on January 6. Or maybe you saw clips of the worst of it later, brought to you by...
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The Things We Leave Undone While We Sweat The Small Stuff
In this country millions of children are going hungry. There are as many reasons as there are hungry children, but not a single one of them is the fault of the child.This year's count puts the...
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