Trever Noah puts Fox News’s coverage of the Mexican border invasion in a more northerly direction February 11, 2022 Continue Reading
More about the nuisance that Democracy is November 18, 2021 In my last post I described how happy so many college educated Trump haters were when they could avoid a referendum on the Red… Continue Reading
A billion people December 2, 2020 This is a map showing the relative populations on Earth. There are two massive blobs. Far East Asia with about two billion people and… Continue Reading
“Arbitrary and Capricious” June 18, 2020 Donald Trump has handed himself another defeat in his slipshod Presidency. The Supreme Court just overruled his elimination of President Obama’s DACA policies allowing… Continue Reading
Another new start on a book January 31, 2020 Trying to figure out just what to write bookwise has been a preocupation of mine for ten years. It keeps getting more urgent. Donald… Continue Reading
Smug get rich quick Christians support… June 28, 2019 Tough love at the border: Or as Presidential candidate Buttigieg said at last night’s Democratic Presidential debate: “For a party that associates itself with… Continue Reading
Arne Carlson – a decent Republican June 28, 2019 From his Facebook: Seeing visuals of how the Trump Administration is treating children being “ processed” at our southern border, takes me back to… Continue Reading
No Irish need apply November 8, 2018 Now that my three years of watching Donald Trump swallow the Republican Party whole has finally given way to a ray of hope in… Continue Reading
May I suggest that you consider donating … October 29, 2018 …to the Jewish organization that has helped refugees. It seems to be the reason for the attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue. Its… Continue Reading
Fox News exposes Trump for the vileness he employs to divide America October 23, 2018 https://youtu.be/zMF7WNyYU2Q Continue Reading
Apparently I do need to say more about Trump’s and Stauber’s World August 14, 2018 Migrant-teens-hooded and restrained Continue Reading
Pete Stauber’s Republicans want to starve poor kids… June 22, 2018 …to lower taxes…in the name of killing welfare. And I love the New Yorker’s latest cover: A lot of the folks recruited to work… Continue Reading
Stauber seconds Trump by… June 19, 2018 …by blaming the parents for breaking the newly criminalized immigration law: “This policy is absolutely heartbreaking and an unfortunate consequence of when parents disregard… Continue Reading
Melania January 8, 2017 A family member recently Facebooked a Fake news story about the 700 Club’s smarmy Pat Robertson. In it Pat was accused of disparaging a… Continue Reading
One of the reasons I can be embarrassed for America September 23, 2013 We sometimes let our friends down. As any Republican office holder can tell you, Tea Partiers don’t want any more immigrants here sucking up… Continue Reading
America, America July 15, 2013 On our last night of the recent vacation Claudia and I were watching a PBS presentation on Elia Kazan. He’s one of the handful… Continue Reading
The Peopling of British North America March 6, 2013 If, as I speculated recently, all the books, news, magazines and video materials I’ve been reading are a sneaky way for me to avoid… Continue Reading
The chickens are coming home to roost… January 23, 2013 …and leave a lot of droppings in the GOP’s coup. I find it ironic that the GOP which in the Reagan years once vilified… Continue Reading
Underground February 6, 2012 Tonight’s PBS program about William Still was a truly excellent telling of one of the principal conductors of the Underground Railroad. O Canada! Our… Continue Reading
