Notre Dame fire dramatizes the truly irreplaceable
If not cathedrals, what then are irreplaceable? Human life, above all, with animal and plant life close behind – and ideals and quests.
The president is the nation: The central metaphor Trump lives by
Yet, the job of those in the administration is to serve the nation first in all cases, rather than serving the president.
The Voting Rights Act 2.0
Over half a century after the Voting Rights Act became law, the struggle continues.
Koch Kollege for right-wing social engineers
The billionaire Koch brothers are funding a school to promote their views, but the message is hard to swallow.
Nearly 500 More U.S. Troops Sent to Iraq for Mosul Attack in Advance of...
“It seems a little unlikely that PM al-Abadi cares about U.S. electoral problems. He has his own reasons for wanting to roll up al-Qaeda in Iraq quickly. But his timetable could play into Hillary Clinton’s hands.”
The need for unity in Ethiopia
It will take time, cooperation, tolerance, and goodwill to address these fundamental societal issues.
United States in 2025: Social problems denied via rhetorics of refusal
The gross inequality of wealth and income in the United States and the global exposure of billionaires’ power over government.
Usable madness
Usable lying and other well-intended “adjustments” of the truth have opened up the door for many further troubling innovations . . .
A Green New Deal for workers
"It puts forward the types of changes needed to give workers a fair deal in the United States."
Fixed in stone: Here’s the WallopaLoser for the ages
As low as Trump has driven the country, the Georgia senate triumphs represent a remarkable, improbable bounce off the bottom.