“Woke!,” “wokeness!,” “wokeism!,” cry Putin’s little American fascists…. This is all we need to know about how Republicans will try to get us to vote for them. The GQP has nothing to offer but fear itself. Which does not mean, however, that their policy priorities, such as they are, aren’t…

The right-wing Newsmax cable channel and its fans are currently engaged in a fight against DirecTV’s decision to discontinue the underperforming channel in its lineup. Right-wing conservatives love their splashy performances of anger and resentment over what they typically call “special rights” for minorities, queers and liberals. The carrier had…

In America today, We the People live in a time and place where states rule that children may carry firearms unsupervised out in public and may not read books in public schools or libraries that deal with race and gender issues. The conservatives that are mostly responsible for these warped…

The Jewish morning service in some synagogues includes a meditative blessing that “expresses wonder at the simple but necessary functioning of the human body,” wrote Arthur Green in a commentary for the Reconstructionist Sabbath holiday prayer book. “We do not need to stand before any greater wonder of nature than…

Once Christmas and New Year’s Day pass us by, the character of winter loses much of its holiday charm. We northerners tend to start looking for signs of springtime a little too soon. …

Update (Jan. 30, 2:42PM CT)— Joint statement on DuPage County Public Safety from DuPage County Board Chair Deborah Conroy, DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, and DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin: “Sheriff Mendrick is committed to enforcing all state and local laws. …

Solomon Pena ran for State Representative of New Mexico’s House District 14 last November, lost by about two thousand votes and claimed on social media that he should have won the election. On Monday, January 16, Albuquerque police arrested Pena with charges of paying four other men to shoot at…

It is Friday the Thirteenth in January of 2023, and we are in that holiday hangover time of year. That weird uncertain place between the Solstice and another new moon, trying to get our shit together for another spin on the Wheel of the Year. There are, and always will…

Treason Day. And the traitors are busy in their fourth day of trying to elect the 118th Congress’ Speaker of the House. …