Post 1,010 ————————————— I’m making a mental health separation from the heartbreak in the Middle East, from the insanity in the House of Representatives and from the promise of the end of our democracy engineered by what passes for today’s Republicans and Der Fuhrer. Let’s talk about something else. Ed. Immigrants Should you take the… [read more]
Precedented
Post 1,009 ————————————— Precedented I Republican Warren G. Harding was our nation’s 29th President of the United States. His administration was infested with scandal. He died two years into his presidency, thus preventing him from doing even more damage. He was long considered the worst president ever, an impressive achievement, given some of the dopes… [read more]
Just Say No To Metastasizing
Post 1,008 ————————————— O’ Those Crazy Republicans 1. As Karoun Demirjian outlined in the New York Times, Jim Jordan and his allies deployed a pressure campaign – meaning threats of violence and death – against those Republicans opposed to him. As she puts it, they’re “working to unleash the rage of the party’s base voters… [read more]
There’s No Way To Be Subtle About This
Post 1,007 ————————————— Millions were horrified by the October 7 massacre in Israel. And millions have reveled in blaming the victims. The insanity is not just the most recent “kill the Jews” massacre, but also the enthusiasm of Hamas apologists around the world, including at elite U.S. universities where lots of very ignorant smart students… [read more]
Decency
Post 1,006 ————————————— There is much craziness parading through our society and our politics today and it causes great harm. Examples happening today: Do you think Governor DeSantis should be guarding the door to your OB-GYN to keep you out? Do you think some self-important bully or self-appointed guardian of everything should make decisions about… [read more]
Connecting Dots
Post 1,005 ————————————— Congressional Republicans have pseudo-patriotic, brain damaged explanations for not supporting Ukraine. Of course, they’re either making up “alternative facts’ or clutching their boundless ignorance to their chests, the place where courage should reside but obviously does not. The reality is that Ukraine is fighting our fight for us. It is the fight… [read more]
The Stupid
Post 1,004 ————————————— It Never Went Away Cowboy George W. Bush and his posse are back and that isn’t good. President Biden counseled Israeli leaders not to be consumed by rage because otherwise there will be horrible consequences. All of which is to say that there aren’t any good options for Israel; only various degrees… [read more]
Intractable
Post 1,003 ————————————— I need your great idea. Israelis and Palestinians need it more and the world is demanding it. An example of that demand is in an October 18 op-ed from Charles M. Blow in the New York Times, An Evolving Moral High Ground in the Israel-Gaza War. Blow says of the Hamas attack… [read more]
Astonishing Idiocy
Post 1,002 ————————————— Astonishing National Idiocy* Twelve score and 6 years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Twelve years later they gave us our glorious Constitution. Now we are engaged in a great congressional and state… [read more]
Much To Say
Post 1,001 ————————————— Save a Life I don’t have combat fatigues or desert boots. I don’t have an assault rifle or mortar shells, nor even a hobby style drone. I’m a pilot but I cannot fly a military fighter or helicopter. I’m good with a Band-Aid, but I’m no corpsman, much less a doctor. Plus,… [read more]
