Abortion, the Supremes, and “the Leak”
Addresses the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion and declares that the leak has a tiny effect on confidence in the supreme court compared to the enormous effect that striking down Roe vs. Wade would have.
Stabbing Democracy to Death
The current Republican initiatives to draw electoral districts that guarantee Republican victory and hrow non-likely Republican voters off the ballot are attempts to kill democracy. Needed if we wish to claim to be democratic: nonpartisan redistricting, voter registration a birth, required recusal of justices in conflicts of interest, and abolution of electoral college.
Putin’s War and “The Butcher of Moscow”
Never before has a war been so thoroughly photographed and documented as Putin’s invasion of Ukraine . . . Seldom has an invasion been so obviously and clearly the doing of one person. . . .
WOMEN’S EQUALITY: A HIGH LEVERAGE POINT
You’ve probably watched TV news that shows police car chases, murders, muggings, armed robberies, police shootings, and —well, you name the violent crime. At first glance they may seem quite different, but they have one thing in common: The perpetrators in all those categories are almost all male. In fact, pretty near the only category of violent crime in which women show up at all is those that take place in families or with close acquaintances, and even in those the numbers are...
THE LIBERTARIAN OUTLOOK: WHAT IS IT REALLY?
DIfferentiates “libertarian” into “individual libertarian,” “big business libertarian” and “plutocratic libertarian. Tells how each of these outlooks differs from the others.
HOW THE WORDS “CONSERVATIVE” AND “LIBERAL” MISLEAD US
The terms “conservative” and “liberal” often confuse and conceal more than they reveal. Odd as it may sound, often they imply the very opposite of what they actually mean in a given situation. For example, when big banks and construction companies band together with their friends in government to ram an oil pipeline through farms and ranches of families who are totally opposed to it and who want to keep their land in agriculture like it has always been, they like to call themselves...
How Many People?
75 new cities of a million people each. That's what the world's annual population growth adds up to. (Meanwhile rising seas, extreme temperatures, and a surge in natural disasters are reducing the amount of livable land all around the world.) "No problem," some people think. "If we eliminate the big gap begtween rich and poor there will be enough to take care of everyone." Nice talk. With no evidence, no data, no knowledge of...
Barbara Boxer vs. the Land Skinners
Senator Barbara Boxer (r) with singer-songwriter Carole King Not long ago I picked up retired Senator Barbara Boxer’s book The Art of Tough. I like Barbara. She was my district’s Congresswoman and then my Senator. And one of the most resolute fighters for environmental causes in Congress. I read through part of her book, then was distracted by other matters. A few days ago I opened it again. I’d like to quote her at as much length as “fair use” allows: ‘In all my years in public...
#45’s First Year — Anti-Democracy
This is a personal evaluation of the first year of U.S President #45 in office. (NOTE: PLEASE REALIZE THAT WHEN YOU MAKE A MISTAKE YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LIE TO YOURSELF TO JUSTIFY IT. The better path is to admit to yourself made a wrong call. We all make mistakes. Tell yourself the truth now and you can do so in the future. Lie to yourself now about getting taken in by a con-man and you set yourself up to be conned again and again. Just think about it.) We have now had more than a year to watch...
Hey Donald — What’s (or Who’s) really “FAKE”?
HEY DONALD, WHAT'S REALLY "FAKE"? I never liked Donald "FAKE NEWS" Tweeter Trump. I thought he was one of the most thoroughly disgusting and disreputable blowhards in public life long before he ever had a TV show. I am not saying that he was or is either disgusting or disreputable, but that those were and are my own personal reactions to him. I suggest this: Don’t believe me. And don’t believe him. With every twitter posting, every speech, every statement, ask yourself, “Who's lying here?”...