In their own words
Not that I claim to run a fair and balanced blog – far from it. I’m just shouting out to the world:…
Don’t fence me in
A closer look at the GOP platform makes you shiver and fear for our children and grand children, potentially forever deprived of…
At Our Own Peril
There are many points on the Republican platform that one can argue with (or despair over). None is more important and further reaching…
Us vs Them
Is there any constituency other than white, male Trump delegates that has not been publicly shamed or denigrated by Trump? With the exception…
Divider or Uniter?
Below are some quotes to hold a mirror to Trump who actively abhors inclusive tents, building walls outside of them instead.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/07/19/1549792/-Donald-Trump-The-Divider
“We cannot…
Animal Farm
Remember Napoleon and Snowball, two of the main protagonists in Animal Farm? The ruthless leader, the fleeing rebel (assumed to stand in for…
Make America Hate Again
The title is borrowed from Timothy Egan’s astute editorial in the NYT a day after the National Republican Convention was over.
I can’t…
The True Story of Love
This week we covered gentrification, health, sports (I was running from advice, remember) religion, politics and philosophy. It seems fitting to end…
The Philosophers’ Stone(wall)
What can I say – wisdom surrounds us. Of a certain kind….
There is the hopeful:
There is the resigned:
There is the Golde Rule:
And,…
Glimpses of Politics (More on the RNC next week…)
There are those who think and there are those who shoot. Which way will the country go?
This way?
Or that way?
The aestheticization of violence…