Category Archives: Current Affairs

Amish & The Vote: Their buggies are cute; their clothes & dialect are quaint; their food is good (& fattening). Their politics? Well . . .

New York Times – Opinion: Guest Essay Doug Mastriano and the Potential of Amish Voters in Pennsylvania By Bonnie Kristian — Nov. 4, 2022 Ms. Kristian is a journalist and a fellow at Defense Priorities, a foreign policy think tank. Former President Donald Trump lost Pennsylvania in 2020 by just around 80,000 votes out of … Continue reading Amish & The Vote: Their buggies are cute; their clothes & dialect are quaint; their food is good (& fattening). Their politics? Well . . . →

2022: The Aftermath – Part 1

Imagine that these dreaded midterms are over. What happens next? As to the electoral results “que sera sera,” what will be, will be. No predictions will be offered here, except this one: Whatever the outcome, I am dead-sure it will not be the end of our national time of trial. Win lose or draw, the … Continue reading 2022: The Aftermath – Part 1 →

Quote of the Week: What (& Who) Makes a Chair a “Chair”?

Tom Edsall writes data- and research-driven columns in the New York Times that frequently make my head spin and my heart sink. Today he did both by talking about a chair . . . . Edsall: David Autor is an economist at M.I.T. who has written on the role of the trade shocks that have … Continue reading Quote of the Week: What (& Who) Makes a Chair a “Chair”? →

Rep. Cori Bush: An Interview

The Guardian — Sat 29 Oct 2022 ‘I’m changing Congress’: how Cori Bush brought her lived experience to Capitol Hill David Smith in Washington Member of ‘the Squad’ on how her abortion experience, sexual assault and front-line fight in Ferguson, Missouri, affected her politics Her new memoir is bracingly, sometimes painfully honest, but there is … Continue reading Rep. Cori Bush: An Interview →

Get In Line: Job One (& 2, 3, 4, Etc.) if There’s a new GOP House Majority — Impeach Biden (Et al)

THE IMPEACHMENT OF JOE BIDEN And possibly Kamala Harris, and Merrick Garland, and Alejandro Mayorkas, and Antony Blinken The Atlantic — By Barton Gellman — OCTOBER 26, 2022 Sometime next year, after an interval of performative investigations, Republicans in the House are going to impeach Joe Biden. This may not be their present plan, but … Continue reading Get In Line: Job One (& 2, 3, 4, Etc.) if There’s a new GOP House Majority — Impeach Biden (Et al) →