Still waiting for gun sanity

August 9, 2019 By Leave a Comment

No, this is not — sadly — the inflection point, not the catalyst that brings us to our senses. Dual atrocities over last weekend will not force the nation […] Continue Reading…

Filed Under: Firearms, Politics, Republican Party

Trump’s other America

July 30, 2019 By Leave a Comment

There are two Americas, and they are at war. In one, every word uttered by President Donald J. Trump is the golden gospel, swaddled in larger […] Continue Reading…

Filed Under: Donald Trump, Politics, Race, Republican Party

The hate they give

July 19, 2019 By Leave a Comment

My daughter was born in December 2008, just weeks after the nation elected Barack Obama its first black president. I was euphoric, overly confident in my country, giddily optimistic […] Continue Reading…

Filed Under: Donald Trump, Politics, President Barack Obama, Race, Republican Party

If climate change is a hoax . . .

July 19, 2019 By Leave a Comment

“For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the […] Continue Reading…

Filed Under: Climate, Donald Trump, Environment, Politics

Clean house at Border Patrol

July 19, 2019 By Leave a Comment

You don’t have to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement or “decriminalize” illegal entry into the United States to humanize border patrol. You don’t have to close all the detention […] Continue Reading…

Filed Under: Donald Trump, Immigration, Politics

Another week, another mass shooting

July 19, 2019 By Leave a Comment

Late last month, the United States recorded yet another mass shooting. This one took place on a Friday afternoon in Virginia Beach, when a not-so-civil servant mowed down several […] Continue Reading…

Filed Under: Criminal Justice System, Politics

Extreme weather is the new normal

July 19, 2019 By Leave a Comment

You don’t have to be a physicist or geologist to know that the earth’s climate is changing in ways that are destined to make the landscape less hospitable for […] Continue Reading…

Filed Under: Climate, Environment, Politics
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