Democracy in America has been a series of narrow escapes. We may be running out of luck, and no one is coming to save us. For that, we have only ourselves.
June 4, 2020Protests continued for a tenth day today in the face of ongoing police brutality. That statement is going to anger some readers, but hoo, boy, the images of the police attacking peaceful protesters and journalists are going to be in textbooks in a few years, and our great grandchildren are going to ask how on earth this happened.
June 4, 2020Demagogue that he is and that he’s toyed with becoming since well before he ran for president, Donald Trump used his June 2 rant against looting and thuggery after George Floyd’s murder to bang the drum for a civil war that he’s been toying with. But how pure was the republic before he stepped into the spotlight?
June 3, 2020Military leaders past and present and all four former U.S. presidents condemn Trump's "troops on the ground."
June 3, 2020Libel, freedom of speech, limits of an executive order —Trump doesn't seem to understand any of them
June 2, 2020He's Running the Bailout and It’s Been Great for His Family.
June 1, 2020Is Our Nation a Battleground Where There Will Be Winners and Losers?
June 1, 2020Trump downplayed the coronavirus threat for months and he praised China repeatedly for its transparency in dealing with COVID-19. Then the pandemic decimated the US stock market. When Trump could no longer deny the impact of the virus, he reversed course and blamed China for everything.
May 31, 2020In all this confusion, it feels like the lines are becoming clearer between those determined to reclaim fairness and equality before the law in America, and those determined to destroy civil society altogether.
May 30, 2020Outside Radicals, Incendiary Tweets and Shaky Facts
