U of Florida Law School: Where racism and originalism converge
Preston Damsky, a law-school prize for an essay written for the judge's seminar, argued that the Constitution was originally intended only for white people and therefore even today non-whites could not claim their Constitutional rights and privileges.
Today’s jaw-dropping quandary: High awareness yet low clout to fix badly-broken systems
The more that reason serves as bedrock,/ The more we’re vexed by lethal gridlock.
New party quiz game: What more can the right do to shoot itself in...
A grim evolutionary comeuppance is well underway, presaging harder times for the unAmerican, unConstitutional, anti-democrats.
The emerging culture of compassion
"Take your brothers need as the measure for your actions."
Suicidal Rethugs gift Dems by reducing elections to absurdly simple choices: Want truth or...
Dems should simply repeat, “Do you want Trump in charge when the next global disease event strikes”?
Italy’s far right rode inequality to victory — but has no answers for it
A let-the-rich-be government has opened the doors to the smiling heirs of Italy’s neofascist factions.
Why are immigration ‘judges’ working for DOJ aka the PROSECUTION?
“The reason we’re here is because the government of the United States wants you to leave the United States. It’s my job to figure out if you have to leave. It’s also my job to figure out if you should stay.” –Federal Immigration Judge Ubaid ul-Haq
Latin America’s new new left
The recent election in Colombia has produced new hope for the country--and for the whole region.
On Memorial Day, U.S. Troops Are at War With Islamic State Near Mosul
The line of the Obama administration had been that US troops on the ground in Iraq and Syria were only trainers and advisors. But US forces have exceeded that role.
More U.S. Muslims Favor Bernie Sanders Than Do U.S. Jews
A new opinion poll on America’s Muslims and other religious groups released this week contains some surprises.