politics

My dad, during our daily phone conversations based mostly on the day’s sports happenings, never fails to mention Something He Saw Online Today.  This something, he always prefaces, may or may not be real. It’s probably fake. But it seems sorta real, and it was shared on his

Lawmakers, media outlets, scientific journals, everyday folks: They’re all starting to recognize the mountain of bad faith that is the anti-abortion movement.  Hopefully, it’s not too late.  Since the radically right-wing Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, there’s been a burgeoning consciousness that the entire

I’m going to break some news here and tell you human beings don’t like to be critiqued.  I once coached a flag football team that included kids with various degrees of athletic experience and prowess, and quickly learned (the hard way) that my messaging to these children had

I can see it so clearly in my mind’s eye: A Democratic presidential candidate adorned in all the trappings of 21st century jingoism, using the no-holds-barred language of conservatives, bulldozing his way through Republicans and into the hearts and minds of normie voters who love this shit.  This presidential

It’s human nature for the worst of us to want power. The desire for power and the ability to shape society as we believe it should be is seemingly baked into the DNA of the most heartless, craven human beings. It is them -- not the do gooders, not

In a political landscape ruled by good faith, Bernie Sanders’ almost adorably earnest political messaging would draw MAGA freaks to him like a tractor beam. Sanders, after running the two most important presidential campaigns in American history, is still the only major political figure (politely) raging against our brutal, soulless