Legislatures (both national and state), courts (ditto for the Supreme Court) and the national conversation on abortion is mostly left…
Civil Rights
Plantation America
And here you thought slavery was a century and a half behind us. Who ‘owns’ us now? Well, it’s a…
America’s Periodic 9-11 Orgasm
I was six years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Was that a terrorist attack, or do we excuse…
There Is No Monster Under the Bed in Critical Race Theory
There are no boogey-men, no reasons for the white citizens of America to run for cover or take on the…
Supreme Court Justice Kagan Lights Up the Sky in Dissent
Four days after Independence Day, we find America is not now as independent as it was before The Supreme Court…
A Little Late to the Republican Ilhan Omar Roast
Sometimes there’s a benefit to hanging back a few days while the opposition simmers down a bit and the support…
Whoa! Don’t Wanna Teach No Controversial Issues
Time to think about burning witches again in small-minded America. Classrooms, as all right-thinking Republicanite Boards of Education know (or…
The Public Thirst For Outrage
Media carries a lot of blame for the current state of social, legal and political turmoil in America. At least…
The GOP’s Devotion to Trump Threatens to Destroy American Democracy
That’s the headline on a CNN article by Stephen Collinson and it pushes the Bullshit Needle entirely off the dial.…
Why Do So Many Police Shoot-to-Kill?
Acknowledging that police are too quick to shoot, why are so few presumed criminals shot in the legs as they…