Waking up the morning after the latest white power terrorist attack, this time at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, the political line is as clearly drawn for the state of our Union as it was in Paris at the French National Assembly in 1789 when the caucus for the…

On the night of Cinco de Mayo, police placed an eight-foot “nonscalable” fence around the Supreme Court building and reinforced it with concrete barriers. Some of us may remember when the Supreme Court back in 2014 struck down a Massachusetts law mandating a 35-foot buffer zone around women’s health clinics…

Republicans hate America so much they gotta wave American flags with some Reality TV asshole’s face all over them. Seriously, no joke, this is some sick shit. “The Republican Party today is basically a coalition of grievances united by one thing: hatred,” wrote Reagan-Bush era policy wonk Bruce Bartlett. “Hatred…

Gluttons for news, culture and politics don’t have to be Robert K. Merton in order to learn alot these days about the limitations and uncertainties of public policy. From (potentially) fresh Twitter owner-operator Elon Musk to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, examples of unforeseen consequences from the deliberate actions of even…

A lazy parade of polling stories speculating ad nauseam about a Republican midterm electoral sweep of federal legislative leadership relentlessly occupies way too many timelines going around as “news.” In fact, the matter of whether or not Republicans may prevail in November’s elections answers none of the essential elements of…

Together again! One night only! Good Friday and Passover in the month of Ramadan. The liberation festival of Passover is observed this year by magavniks in Jerusalem storming worshipers at Al Aqsa Mosque. Easter has had its own issues recently displayed by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church and…

“Are you ready to close the U.N.?” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked the Security Council during an address at the world body on April 5, 2022. “Do you think that the time of international law is gone? If your answer is no, then you need to act immediately.” The unpredictable…

To see Christina Pushaw, spokesperson for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, discuss the opposition to the Republicans’ “Don’t Say Gay” Bill, one may feel some surprise to learn that anyone who opposes these kinds of laws supports pedophilia and may even be a pedophile themselves. The legislation, officially titled Parental Rights…

First thing on a cold recent morning, I came upon a stink bug on the kitchen floor, which is an unusual place to find a stink bug around here. They are usually found on walls and windows or within jackets, coats and other clothing. My eyesight has never been great…