PinnedMember-onlyThe Baublehead Ronald Reagan Got Us HereFor anyone not yet born or for those who were and may have forgotten where this whole debacle started: DO NOT FORGET that Ronald Reagan was little more than a talking baublehead in a fine suit when he was elected and may well have been manifesting dementia in his first…Ronald Reagan2 min readRonald Reagan2 min read
May 5Member-onlyGoofy and Snow White Wail from the Cheap Seats “I Want My Citizens United”Or The Mouse That Ate Ron DeSantis “In 2010, the organization won a U.S. Supreme Court case known as Citizens United v. FEC, which struck down as unconstitutional a federal law prohibiting corporations and unions from making expenditures in connection with federal elections.” So to summarize: In February of ’22…Ron Desantis5 min readRon Desantis5 min read
Apr 8Member-onlyAn Open Letter to John RobertsCLARENCE THOMAS ET AL April 8, 2023 The Honorable John Roberts Chief Justice Supreme Court of the United States 1 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20543 RE: CLARENCE THOMAS ET AL Chief Justice Roberts: Word on the street is that you are bothered and bewildered by the ever-deepening disgust ‘We…SCOTUS3 min readSCOTUS3 min read
Mar 26Member-onlyUpon Figuring Out That ‘The Yellowjackets’ and ‘Yellowstone’ Are Different ShowsJust a missive on savage feminism. So for the longest time I had confused ‘Yellowjackets’ with ‘Yellowstone’: both critically acclaimed, I just couldn’t get my mind around what a bunch of teenage soccer players flirting with cannibalism had to do with Kevin Costner’s conservative rancher thing. …Yellowstone3 min readYellowstone3 min read
Jun 20, 2022Member-onlyTexas GOP Mints New Platform for ’22 and ’24, and It’s a DoozyWhat it now means to vote Republican in Texas. Last week there was a post on social media: “Canada must feel like its living in the apartment above a meth lab.” I promise you, Texas was not always like this. Among hundreds of minute demands designed to micro manage American…Texas Republicans2 min readTexas Republicans2 min read
Apr 27, 2022Member-onlyIn Honor of ‘Autism Awareness Month’ Saratoga County Cops Slam Autistic Teen to the Floor in TargetHeads up, White Folks! Time to get up off the couch and set it off. Again. ‘I didn’t know what to do because I wanted to call for help. But who do you call for help when it’s the police harming the people.’ ~Chante Ware Yesterday my partner showed me…BlackLivesMatter6 min readBlackLivesMatter6 min read
Jan 13, 2022Member-onlyAn Open Letter to Rick Wilson, with Ines PohlLest we forget that The Lincoln Project are, after all, still Republicans “…they [Republicans] have built a structure…an autocratic structure in a very short window of time, that has put American democracy in an enormous degree of peril.” ~Rick Wilson [Video: ‘If Donald Trump is not dead or in jail…The Lincoln Project25 min readThe Lincoln Project25 min read
Dec 30, 2021Member-onlyOmicron is a Self-Inflicted WoundThe January disruption is nobody’s fault but your own. Thousands of people refused to get vaxxed allowing Omicron to evolve. Now it’s Biden’s fault or the CDC’s fault or the FDA’s fault that we are again under siege? That is bullshit: this all goes back to the core issue, the…Covid-192 min readCovid-192 min read
Jul 9, 2021What Happened to Sha’Carri Richardson Wouldn’t Happen to a White Athlete1.6K40Rebecca Stevens A.Generally speaking I would agree, everyday there are situations where being white gets someone a…Generally speaking I would agree, everyday there are situations where being white gets someone a pass. But this time that's not the case, don't dig in on this one. She admits she screwed up and has shown real class in not trying to make this a race matter. The rules…1 min read1 min read
Jun 27, 2021Member-onlyRichard Linkletter & MePBS American Masters: Richard Linklater There were a lot of things I didn’t know and hadn’t thought to think about before I watched American Masters’ profile of Richard Linklater. Having lived most of the past four decades in New York City, I’ve thought lately that — if you live long…Richard Linklater3 min readRichard Linklater3 min read