Stephen Colbert is out. Jimmy Kimmel is off the air. And the FCC Chairman has offered the country a chilling choice: “We can do this the easy way or the hard way.”
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Trump, Project 2025, and the Unfolding Authoritarian Blueprint: Five-Alarm Fire
As the federal government is rapidly being hollowed out and restructured under his second term, the pot is on full boil.
Read More »Elon Musk’s Controversial Salute: A Mere Distraction or a Warning Sign?
If Musk were just an ordinary individual, his actions might be dismissed as a lapse in judgment or a poorly thought-out gesture. But Elon Musk is far from ordinary. Here's why his actions demand scrutiny.
Read More »The POTUS Problem: My Two Cents on the Biden Debacle
Like many of you, and with a heavy, heavy heart, I’ve been doing a ton of thinking about the debate, President Joe Biden’s presidency and the future of a possible Donald Trump presidency. (Think Project 2025). I think Joe has been an amazing President, but it’s not enough. Not this …
Read More »My Private Messages from the Trumps
The president and his family have been emailing me almost every day. They sound as if they know me, though they keep calling me by the wrong name.
Read More »State of the Union Circa 2020 – Part III
The notion of the common good, the very aim of responsible legislation and sound government, is made obsolete by the fact that the public, such as it had become, no longer has much of anything in common.
Read More »State of the Union Circa 2020 – Part II
What was it about the immigration issue that had so energized the voting public? White supremacy re-emerged in response to Trump's dog whistle.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Agent Running in the Field’ by John Le Carre
Nobody has managed to recreate the secret world of spies and subterfuge with Le Carre's flair and 'Agent Running in the Field' cements his reputation as a master of the genre.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Free Trip To Egypt’
'Free Trip To Egypt' is a wonderful movie about a brave experiment in overcoming people's pre-conceptions and prejudices to help find common ground.
Read More »A Black History Program for White People
The election and continued support of the worst president in American history made me realize that some white people – enough to alarm me – can be conned beyond redemption. But they can also be educated.
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