The Senate will find Trump guilty of the charges of impeachment brought against him. To me it seems completely obvious that this will be the outcome, but apparently I’m alone in this conclusion based upon my what I read, so I guess I’ll explain my thinking. The Republican party hates this man more than the …
I had another sickening moment of serendipity today that brings me back to you, another moment of alignment that brings a laugh and a questioning of universal realities and truth. To mark my return from my mini-hiatus, I had in mind an article I’ve been brewing over for quite some time, something about the collapse …
My editor demands from me another article this week. Oh, I know what you are thinking: that I come back for you my adoring readers, or even more likely that I come back for myself and indulgence in my own voice, but no. No, it is much more common and slavish than that. My …
We give up our power every day to strangers and call it politics. We give up some of our money to confusing and shrouded institutions based on vague promises of the shared social good. Defense, welfare, research, efficiency, pick your poison just drink it down. How many people continue to feel these promises fulfilled? When …
Bravo to Boris Johnson in finally achieving his dreams. An exemplar of the idea of the will to power, Johnson proved all rationalists wrong in achieving the highest throne in an ever shrinking land, damned be the height of the cost. It seems clear to all observers that this and this alone is about the …
I’ve been scared to write this article for a long time, I’ve actually been scared to tell this idea to anybody except my editor, and even then with lots of caveats and explanations, because I think there’s a good chance it could ruin my life. It could turn everyone I love and respect against me …
In the sixth grade choir I had to learn a song which sang the lines adorning the Statue of Liberty. I have held them in my heart since, unable to forget them as they were so thoroughly drilled into me. I feel every American should learn these words and repeat them before every day’s start, …
The gays won. If you had told me ten long years ago that homosexuality would become mainstream in American culture, alongside gender fluidity and the general liberalization of our understanding of sexuality, I’d have commended your optimism and laughed in your face. You’d be mad to have thought normalization would happen so quickly. Yet …
Yesterday I saw Elizabeth Warren speak at a local town hall. My third in-person experience with a presidential candidate, she was easily the best (compared to Bernie and Kamala), and I think she’s got a good shot at the crown. In a 1v1 race against Trump, I have no idea who would win, but her …
The ghost of Obama hangs heavy over this entire Democratic primary. A bastion of goodwill in these troubling Trumpian (god I love that word) times, the memory of his time in office acts as our comfort blanket through these cold nights. The entire world evolved with the ascent of Obama to the presidency. The symbolism …