Reposted from the Shoulder To Shoulder Campaign ——– Among the many gifts with which humanity has been imbued, none are as worthy of our awe and gratitude as the seemingly boundless capacity with which man, woman and child can adapt… Read More ›
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Extremism Begets Extremism: Why The GOP’s Fear Mongering Around Terrorism Makes Everyone Less Safe
Against my better judgement, and any consideration of my mental wellbeing, I have watched virtually every minute of this year’s Republican National Convention.What I have seen has not disappointed so far as spectacle is concerned, but has managed to calcify… Read More ›
We’re Gonna Party Like It’s 1929: The Rise of The New European Right
Whether it’s on the right or on the left, voters usually have a fundamental aversion to backing complex policy solutions and to lending their support to anything that requires either personal sacrifice or incremental change. Whether it’s Reagan’s borrowed vision… Read More ›
Brexit Stage Right: Britons Vote To Leave EU, Take Their Country Backwards
Inevitably, during times of momentous change and upheaval, I try to focus my sights less on speculative predictions of what the future might bring and more on the words and deeds that have shaped the trajectory of our past. With… Read More ›
God Didn’t Do This, We Did: The Ongoing Crisis in The Central African Republic
More often not, when one overhears someone expressing the belief that religion is the opiate of the masses, it is accompanied by a certain degree of secular snark. Religion, in this interpretation of Marx’s oft misquoted maxim, is a device… Read More ›
We Have Nothing To Fear But Trump Himself
Middle of Nowhere, North Georgia ain’t a bad place to be on a Monday night for an itinerant traveler. Provided you’re near a highway, there’s nothing you’re going to want for that you couldn’t stand to go a night without…. Read More ›
Israel’s Increasingly Sisyphian Task
It’s no secret that the Ancient Greek gods and goddesses were a sick and twisted bunch of sadistic pricks. Any group of deities that are led by a guy who thinks it’s a good idea to turn himself into a… Read More ›
Land of 10,000 Lakes & Deranged Politicians
Like CNN & Fox News covering a landmark healthcare ruling, I may have jumped the gun on a political verdict I put down earlier this week. In my article on Pleasantville extra and mutant Reaganite Paul Ryan’s bid for the… Read More ›
Virally Suppressed - Muckraking For The Modern World 