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Podcast Episode 82 Much is being made about how the Republican Party has become little more than a political cult dedicated to Donald J. Trump. But the Supreme Court is rivaling that party in this respect. And fears abound that it will take another civil war to save America from their dystopian devices. Listen.
President Biden’s first state visit to the Middle East is being defined by the superficial way he greeted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, and by the political way they discussed the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In fact, reporters are dogging Biden and his team with questions about Khashoggi – as if his murder… Read more.
Justice Clarence Thomas upstaged his conservative colleagues on the Supreme Court with his concurring opinion when they overruled Roe v. Wade (1973) last month. They defied common sense to argue that the rationale they were using to do so only applied to abortion. Read more.
Listening to scientists wax euphoric about images from this James Webb telescope, you’d be forgiven for thinking that science has suddenly become all about the evidence of things not seen. Because the disconnect between the nothingness these images show and the being these scientist are raving about smacks of Donald Trump telling his MAGA supporters… Read more.
California Governor Gavin Newsom ignited speculation about this match-up on Independence Day, when he began running attack ads against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis … in Florida. In doing so, Newsom not only telegraphed his presidential ambition, but also showed the fighting spirit increasingly apathetic Democrats have been longing to see in President Biden. Hell, Newsom… Read more.
Podcast Episode 81 We are independent. But it seems we just don’t know how to quit the British. And I find that very vexing … indeed. Listen.
Truth be told, the first thought that came to mind when I read the news about the assassination of Shinzo Abe was that it must be fake; or that it must have happened somewhere here in America. Because gun violence in Japan is so rare, it never even crossed my mind that this could have… Read more.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made quite a show today of announcing his resignation. But the “greased piglet” that he is, he made clear his intent to squeeze out a few more months in power. In fact, Johnson reportedly spent the hours before announcing his “resignation” reshuffling his cabinet. The man is insufferable! Mind you,… Read more.
Those of us of a certain age remember well the 41 shots cops fired at unarmed Amadou Diallo on the stoop of his building in 1999. They mistook him for a serial rapist; but then tried to cover up their mistake by accusing him variously as a suspected mugger and a drug dealer. None of… Read more.
I am referring, of course, to Frederick Douglass. Because one could substitute the word “Black” for “Slave” in “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” – the famous speech he delivered on July 5, 1852, and it would still resonate. Douglass decried the myriad ways America’s treatment of black folks made a mockery… Read more.
