Southern “Redeemers” snuffed out the first black power movement. By Henry Louis Gates Jr. Professor Gates is the host of the documentary “Reconstruction: America After the Civil War.” Joe Biden launched his presidential bid in April with a bold defense of the principle that “all men are created equal,” a principle he rightly argued that, from […]Read Post ›

Several years ago, I posted a remembrance from my experience as a junior medical student at UCLA in 1964. The recent events in Alabama have released a flood of memories from that period. So with your indulgence I am reprinting that diary. As an old white male, I can never pretend to know the agony and […]Read Post ›

Breaking: A report from inside the White House reveals infighting among advisers, consternation over Norwegian socialism, and the importance of chocolate milkshakes. By Calvin Trillin Scene: The White House Time: The present In Attendance: Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, Acting Son Eric Trump, Counselor to the President […]Read Post ›

March 22, 2019 The fundamental principles of the different types of political and social systems explained via a simple example using two cows. You heard right, COWS. If you know what a cow is and are aware of the fact that they produce more than just steaks for your dinner, such as milk, you are […]Read Post ›

Stolen shamelessly from Melissa McEwan – Shakesville She says so eloquently everything I am feeling… Posted: 28 Jun 2018 06:30 AM PDT [Content Note: Emotional policing; gaslighting.] Soon after the 2016 election, I published a piece with the same title as this one, in which I wrote: Something has been upended that cannot be easily righted, and I’m […]Read Post ›

  The Nazis never saw themselves as villains. You look at the horrifying atrocities they committed and you think they MUST have known they were the monsters. They must have known. But they didn’t. In fact, it was just the opposite. The Nazis thought they themselves were the VICTIMS. That’s how the Nazi party came […]Read Post ›

A brighter political future depends upon turning out large numbers of voters of color.    The governor’s race in Georgia is already one of the most closely watched in the nation, as a potential harbinger of the expected “blue wave” in 2018. Democrats haven’t held the office since Roy Barnes lost it in 2002, and […]Read Post ›

This will break  your heart…well-written and deeply heartfelt essay about poverty, limited choices, and compassion. Written by Joshua Wilkey. My mother died the day she turned 55. This Sunday will be my first Mother’s Day without her, but nearly a year after she died, I still find it impossible to be heartbroken over her passing. As […]Read Post ›