Okay, so you probably already know that “the legal system” is not always a “ justice system.” A real justice system would consistently ensure that that people are held accountable for harms they do to others. That goes for corporations, too. But our...
“It’s a free country.” Most of us heard this growing up, but few of us understood the First Amendment, and its generosity toward outright inflammatory lying. Whatever the merits of “America’s Mayor,” Rudy Giuliani, he has done our democracy and electoral...
The Grand Old Party and the Senate Majority Leader position themselves as great patriots, defenders of “freedom” and “the American Way.” Certainly President Trump has (literally) wrapped his arms around the flag in ways that his followers adore, for Republicans...
Ashvegas is a moniker that residents of Asheville N.C. have used for several years. I’m not sure why, or why “North Cackalacky” is a long-standing nickname for the Old North State. https://www.wfdd.org/story/carolina-curious-who-put-cackalacky-north-carolina I was a...
At a time when some of our lowest paid workers are on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, with the U.S. being hit particularly hard, a huge and historic bailout bill was hammered out by Republicans and Democrats in Congress. Time was of the...