Dear Lori Lightfoot: I’m Confused
2020-07-24 – Dear Mayor Lightfoot: I’m confused. Trump threatens to send his storm troopers to Chicago and you supposedly say no. But then you agree to take DEA and FBI […]
Monthly Archives: July 2020
A Federal Police Force??? Wait??? What???
2020-07-23 – The weirdest thing happened. Last month the idea of defunding the cops was all the rage (“rage” being a literal term). There was a lot of push back, […]
Where is the NRA Now that Trump Is Attacking Citizens?
2020-07-22 – For years the NRA told us that we needed to accept one of the highest death tolls from gun violence as “the price of freedom.” We were told […]
The Un-Masking of Donald Trump
2020-07-21 – I’m sure that many of his followers were relieved to see the Donald in a mask. Contrary to conventional wisdom, these people are not stupid, just human. They’ve […]
If Good Health Were Contagious
2020-07-16 – It was time for my decennial colonoscopy, so I went. People said that you should delay nonessential medical treatment during the pandemic. Till when? And if decennial colonoscopies […]
A Plague on Both Your Houses?
2020-07-15 – I have to admit: I don’t know who Bari Weiss is. I’m not good with names. But the right-wing intelligentsia is up in arms over her resignation as […]
If the Deep State Is So Deep and Powerful . . .
2020-07-14 – If the deep state is so deep and powerful, why doesn’t it ever win? And why does the deep state always seem to employ the kind of tactics […]
Are Americans Really So Stupid? [No.]
2020-07-13 – There’s a lot of talk about the stupidity of Americans in this pandemic. We’re doing worse than most countries. And there’s a lot of vocal people refusing to […]
Overthrowing the Ruling Class?
2020-07-10 – Just saw the following headline: “Do you ever just wonder what it would be like if we overthrew the ruling class.” It didn’t have a question mark, but […]
#Pocalypso | When Antico Became a Terrorist Group
2020-07-09 – You’ve probably heard of Antifa. According to Trump, Antifa is a terrorist group—even though it isn’t a group. But you can’t be too careful. And maybe it is […]
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