An Open Letter
Well, we now have two declared candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination. (If we’re being charitable, three, but who’s counting Lincoln Chafee?) Hillary Clinton is on her “listening tour”...
View ArticleA funny thing happened on the way to Mau-mauing Barack Obama
So, Senator Elizabeth Warren and presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders have been on the warpath over the Trans-Pacific Partnership and its attendant fast track trade authority. In doing so,...
View ArticleOn chasing the “Archie Bunker voter”
In case it hasn’t been made painfully clear, the Democrats seeking to succeed Barack Obama as president have no time for his coalition. First, Hillary Clinton, the presumptive nominee, urges the...
View Article#BlackLivesMatter: The Truth In 140 Characters
This from a Bernie Sanders supporter. This is not just one or two or three supporters. Increasingly, a large number of his supporters sound like this when they open their mouths, and it’s disturbing....
View ArticleListen, Learn, Reflect
**** Maryl1 As a white person, I know many people use the #AllLivesMatter hashtag as a way to dismiss and dis-empower the deeply felt #BlackLivesMatter tag. It seems obvious on its face that using...
View ArticleOn revolutionary fantasies
Noted Bernie Sanders supporter Susan Sarandon had this to say about the prospect of a Donald J. Trump presidency: Let me tell you a bit about revolution. As anyone who reads my profile on Twitter...
View ArticleYour Apathy Is Not Voter Suppression
**** Rikyrah Voter Suppression is… when you would be 42 years old, if you had stayed in the state of your birth before you’d be able to vote in this country and that’s AFTER you put on the uniform and...
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