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A Cabinet of Deplorables
Hillary Clinton was clearly wrong with her use of the term 'deplorables'. It's more fitting to describe the people Donald Trump is surrounding himself with, not those who voted for him.
From Commonweal:
During the campaign, whenever Trump’s critics expressed alarm at his lack of experience or ignorance of public policy, his supporters assured…
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Trump’s Rise: ‘A product of democracy already in crisis.’
That's how Guardian reporter Gary Younge describes the foundation of the rise of right wing populism in the west.…
President Trump – Now What?
About 59 million Americans voted to give the most powerful office on the planet to a self-proclaimed billionaire…
Zizek’s Trump Endorsement. Kind of.
That is, if saying that a Trump victory as "a means of disrupting the American center-left consensus" is your…
Who Should Bernie Voters Support Now? Robert Reich vs. Chris Hedges on Tackling…
This debate broadcast a few days ago on Democracy Now mirrors my personal politics and echoes my frustrations with…
‘I, Racist’ Revisited – Thoughts on a Conversation Americans…
Facebook reminded me this morning that I shared this insightful piece by John Metta from Medium "I, Racist," a year…
The Myth of Trump’s Self-Financed Campaign
For the "Lies, Half Truths and Electioneering Deceptions that Become true if Repeated Often Enough" file, because I…
Longform Podcast: In Conversation With Nikole Hannah-Jones
Another excellent podcast from Longform, this time in conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones who covers civil rights…
Former CIA Officer Amaryllis Fox on Learning to Listen to Your Enemy
Food for thought from a former CAI officer who last week spoke publicly for the first time about her undercover…
Orlando, AR-15s, ISIS and Homophobia
Before everyone's attention returns to cat pictures on Facebook, some rambling thoughts on Sunday morning’s…
Abraham Lincoln Monument, Cleveland, Ohio
A monument to Lincoln in Cleveland funded by children's pennies and nickels.
Reflection of Mt. Hood on Trillium Lake
The start of my List of Things to do After the New Year.
Tamir Rice, One Year Later
A year has passed since the 12-year-old was shot and killed by a police officer in Cleveland, Ohio. The case has…
On UNESCO World Heritage and Jade Helm 15 – More of the Texas New Normal
More of the crazy that's the new normal in Texas.
Entrapped: On the Manufactured Case Against the “Fort Dix Five”
A case that set the tone for the FBI's brazen entrapment methods used in the War on Terror.
A Bookmark For Friday June 26, 2015: Dignity, Grief And Amazing Grace
A day that requires its own bookmark before it gets swept away by the noise and irrelevance that these days too…
Jon Stewart on the Racist Terrorist Massacre in Charleston
On the "gaping racial wound that will not heal yet we pretend it doesn’t exist".
Kalief Browder, Ex-Teen Prisoner Who Was Held For Almost Three Years Without…
Accused of stealing a backpack, Browder spent more than 1000 days awaiting a trial which never came, nearly 800 of…
NYT Video: Baltimore post-Freddie Gray – “No one knows the feeling of…
A brief vignette about one man who may have found a new sense of purpose after the death of Freddie Gray.
On Baltimore and the ‘Other America’
"But in the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard."