This week, NIMBY [“not in my back yard”] became LIMBY [“literally in my back yard”] when bucket trucks, backhoes, stump grinders, wood chippers and
UK’s Labour Party elects socialist leader Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn, elected by a landslide to lead Britain’s Labour Party, has for his entire 32 years in politics held fast to the socialist
Planned Parenthood: What really happens at a clinic
The Republicans and anti-choicers who are using heavily-doctored, appallingly-edited videos which raise serious questions about the legality and morality of those who took them
NFL stadiums vs. the public welfare
Assigned reading for today: Huffpost article on the pros and cons of publicly subsidizing wealthy NFL team owners’ desire for new stadiums. Along with
All the Way (with LBJ)
All the Way, the Tony-Award-winning play focusing on Lyndon Johnson’s first year as President, demands a bravura performance by its lead actor. In the
Joe Biden talks about courage and empathy: a unique combination
Many people think that the Stephen Colbert interview with Vice-President Joe Biden on Thursday, September 10 was seminal TV. Both had suffered tragic losses
Americans are too charitable
You can tell a lot about a society by what its citizens compliment themselves about. You might also learn a great deal about a
“Best of Enemies:” 1968’s Buckley-Vidal debates, and how they helped spawn Trump
Gore Vidal’s and William F. Buckley’s political views were as diametrically opposed as they could be, but the two men shared one major characteristic:
How corporate greed got my daughter fired
My 49-year-old daughter has limited abilities, but has worked since finishing high school and has lived independently all these years. In fact, she just
Voting rights watch: Is the pendulum swinging back toward democracy?
It has been very disconcerting to watch voting rights erode in America over the past 30 years or so. For those of us naïve