Category Archives: Signs of the Times

Uganda Prez Blinks, Delays New, U.S. Evangelical-Backed “Kill Gays” Law: Debate Continues

[NOTE: Given the heavy U.S.-based support for this draconian law, it behooves allies of LGBTQ folks to speak out about this, and keep pressure on U.S. and Uganda officials to oppose it.] The Guardian Uganda’s president refuses to sign new hardline anti-gay bill Yoweri Museveni sends bill imposing death penalty for homosexuality back to … Continue reading Uganda Prez Blinks, Delays New, U.S. Evangelical-Backed “Kill Gays” Law: Debate Continues →

Eugene Robinson on Clarence Thomas: Not Funny

Washington Post — April 18, 2023 Clarence Thomas’s explanations fail the laugh test   .  Eugene Robinson During his much-too-long tenure on the Supreme Court, Justice Clarence Thomas has been totally, tragically wrong about almost everything. But for a long time, I tried to convince myself that he was at least sincere in his deplorable ideology. Silly … Continue reading Eugene Robinson on Clarence Thomas: Not Funny →

U. S. -Vietnam: Yesterday, Enemies: Today, Allies Against China??

[NOTE: “The enemy of my enemy is my friend,” and “what goes around . . . .” Who in the U.S. remembers the ten years of bitter jungle and urban warfare (and the dozen years of “secret” fighting before that), besides a rapidly disappearing remnant of veterans, a cadre of geezer peaceniks, a scattering of … Continue reading U. S. -Vietnam: Yesterday, Enemies: Today, Allies Against China?? →

Jamelle Bouie on Supreme Court Impunity & Corruption

Jamelle Bouie, New York Times: Excerpt: On Clarence Thomas & the Supreme Court’s Corrupt Impunity ”With his close ties to a powerful, property-owning billionaire, Thomas embodies the historic role of the Supreme Court in American politics, not as a liberator or defender of the rights of political and social minorities, but as a partner to … Continue reading Jamelle Bouie on Supreme Court Impunity & Corruption →

Gwynne Dyer: The Northern Irish “Troubles” Are Over. Will they Stay Over?

[NOTE: I once seriously considered retiring in Ireland. It was 2010 and, closing in on 70, I wondered if there were any peaceable options to the ongoing mess and mass shootings in the USA. Initially, Ireland seemed to be several positives: ancestral ties (O’Brien was my mother’s maiden name); a similar language; a reported friendliness … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: The Northern Irish “Troubles” Are Over. Will they Stay Over? →