The acting chief of the Drug Enforcement Agency [DEA] is not pleased with Donald Trump’s remarks to law enforcement officers, telling them not to
Category: Civil Rights
The battle within between dispassion and empathy
I had been planning on writing yet another article decrying the afflictive double standard and dog whistle politics of the term “terrorism.” Saturday, thousands
The Global Gag Rule Is Back: The Human Cost
Do you remember last year’s reports of undecided voters who vowed not to cast ballots in the 2016 presidential election because they just couldn’t
A progressive feminist view of equality in the military draft
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been an outspoken feminist since my awkward middle-school years. I own multiple shirts proclaiming “This is What a Feminist
The Warmth of Other Suns plus “Lift Every Voice” concert: A powerful combination
My experience recently at the “Lift Every Voice” concert at Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis was much different than it would have
Holman rule: Purging federal employees
Republicans in Congress are binge-ing and purging–but their disorder isn’t of the eating variety. They are binge-ing on power and setting the stage–via passage
The Scrawler strikes again: A Trumpian response to my letter to the editor
Found today in my mailbox—the snail-mail kind: A note in response to my recent letter to the editor in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The
What about the freedoms not related to guns?
If you watch enough news, if you listen to enough talk-radio, if you even read mainstream press, you might think that the only part
“Where to Invade Next:” Notes and thoughts on Michael Moore’s movie
Should I recommend Michael Moore’s 2016 movie,” Where to Invade Next”? On the plus side, there are some really good jokes. The biggest laugh
TSA misses guns and knives, but nails me for my cardiac device
My wife and I, along with friends, spent a wonderful week in Arizona. We admired the Grand Canyon on a perfect April Day. We