Great mask furor: Monkey trials redux. Faith alone vs. science and reason
How much disease and death is enough to force this nation to learn from failure, reject T.V. magic shows and return to sane science?
Americans have been bilked out of billions during the pandemic from cynical profiteers
Unless America addresses runaway income inequality and begins protecting the most vulnerable in society, the next pandemic will hit the nation even harder.
Global issues require united action and a reinvigorated UN
All countries are deficient in some areas, but as humanity begins to function as a World community, the needs of everyone can be met; all that is required is that we acknowledge the needs of all and learn to share.
A different war: For my father on Father’s Day
The shabbier and more senseless the war...the more hollow its objectives and justifications...the more one-sided our advantage...the more distorted the news from the front...the more random the casualties on all sides.
Did Trumpers have a clue what presidential chaos meant? Worse still: rightwing millions stand...
Holding up that Bible with extreme awkwardness gave away the game: was ever his scheming, stupid crassness more visible?
The federal government shouldn’t be trying to salvage our broken food system—we need a...
Congress is considering an allocation for the mass killing of farmed animals.
The social impact of the Second Amendment
The state should be permitted to disarm its citizens to the extent it judges necessary to protect its own strength to protect its society.
What’s next, a war between the police and the people, the birth of a...
All those taking part in these efforts need to incorporate the ideas of the best and brightest Americans to help in making all this work.
Defund the police, defund the military
Together we must seize this moment to move from incremental reform to real systemic change, not just within the U.S. but throughout the racist, neocolonial world that is policed by the U.S. military.
This imperiled republic: A wannabe dictator, an anguished nation, and the fascist impulse
The election in November will quite possibly be the last chance to save the republic without another revolution.