This time, at least, Donald Trump won fair and square. But the people have spoken, placing trust in a person who might be the least ethical and the most self-interested U.S. politician in many years. Perfectly legal? Although the election appears to be...
Recent rioting in Great Britain has been fueled by right wing extremists using social media. Right now, Elon musk’s social media site, X (formerly known as Twitter) has been a primary source of hate speech. Hate speech is a ill-defined category U.S. law, but...
Our Supreme Court needlessly vacated an injunction against the Idaho legislature’s strict abortion ban, which in effect halted emergency abortions in that state to protect the life, health or safety of the mother. The “vacating” –– that is, a stay of the lower...
The above quote – “to hell with democracy” –– comes from a clip in a new movie, Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy. (A link is provided near the end of this blog.) The words are spoken passionately, from a deep conviction that...
At age 81, most Americans –– even many Democrats –– have understood that the challenges of our time demand what President Kennedy once called “vigah.” Energy, force, passion, drive: in the CNN debate on June 27, 2024, Donald Trump offered a fire-hose of lies and...
