The term “critical mass” came into vogue near the end of World War II when it was identified as “the amount of fissile material
Trump’s Freudian kettle logic
Donald Trump recently posted a series of tweets slamming Jill Stein’s call for a recount. The contradictory nature of those tweets was a perfect
More excerpts from Trump’s NYT interview: Incoherence & narcissism
If you don’t have the time or patience [or stomach] to read the entire, word-for-word transcript of Donald Trump’s interview with the New York
Moonlight: Powerful, quiet, heartbreaking movie
The newly released movie Moonlight is a very quiet film with a powerful impact. It’s absorbing, thought-provoking and emotionally exhausting, with performances that are
Kingsolver: It’s too late to play nice
Barbara Kingsolver is one of my favorite writers, and she has to tour with a bodyguard because she dares to speak out about environmental
Trump’s NYT transcript: Read it, and weep for our country
I urge everyone to take the time to read the entire transcript of Donald Trump’s Nov. 23, 2016 on-the-record interview with the New York
Hillary wins popular vote; Trump wins proportional electoral college — maybe
As both Democrats, some Republicans and backers of third-party candidates look for ways to tweak the Electoral College for a different outcome to the
The presidential primary system: Time to repeal and replace it
The Democratic party should be gearing up–right now–to completely revamp the presidential primary system. Of the many things that went horribly wrong in the
Political quotes: The right to be uninformed
Here’s a quotation that pretty much sums up the 2016 election. It’s the latest in our long-running series of quotes that remind us, over
Taibbi: Obama’s legacy
One of many great ironies of Trump is that after the Republicans spent eight years blasting Obama for disgracing the presidency and criticizing him