NOTE: Normally I don’t watch late-night TV. That’s less from snobbery than the fact that normally I’m asleep by then. But I make an exception when the January 6 Committee show runs til almost midnight. (Full disclosure: I didn’t watch those late shows last night either. But the New York Times did, as a special … Continue reading Highlights from a Jan. 6 Late-Night
Excerpts from, New York Times: There’s a Reason We Can’t Have Nice Things Bryce Covert — July 21, 2022 The United States is one of six countries in the world without a national guarantee of paid parental leave. Twenty-three other countries have universal child or family allowances. We spend just 0.2 percent of our gross … Continue reading Quote of the Day: The True American Exceptionalism
Here are three analyses of how the Ukraine war is unfolding, especially from Vladimir Putin’s perspective. The first is by Tatiana Stanovaya, a U. S.-based scholar who has observed Putin and tracked his thinking and actions for twenty years. She argues, in sum, that Putin has a plan for conquering and absorbing/erasing Ukraine, and despite … Continue reading Three-Part Thinkpiece: Putin, His War, And Ours?
NOTE: Kennedy v. Bremerton is the short name for this case, but it would be better dubbed the “Blow Another Big Hole In the Freedom from Religion & the First Amendment!” Case. As the respected SCOTUS blog noted, Rachel Laser, the president of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which represented the school … Continue reading God Save Us from the Supreme Court Theocrats!
NOTE: I saw earlier reports about this event, as well as the questions as to whether it actually happened; rightwing Ohio politicians called it a pro-abortion lie. I didn’t see credible reporting that corroborated it; so I held back on posting about it, to minimize the chance of contributing to mis- or disinformation. But today … Continue reading Breaking: Arrest & Protective Services Corroborate Report of 10 Year-Old Ohio Rape Pregnancy