Mass Demonstrations in America: The Curious Ignorance of Scott Gilmore
There are few things so rank as self-righteous ignorance, and Scott Gilmore’s op-ed article in Maclean’s magazine on August 10 fairly reeks of it…
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When Stupid is Compounded by Stupid: Twitter and Mitch McConnell
Let me make this clear at the outset: I do not like Mitch McConnell. I think he’s a...
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Satire: The New York Times’ White Nationalist Terrorism Problem
Read the New York Times editorial. ...
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What Studying Hitler Can Tell Us About Mass Shootings
As of Wednesday, the 7th of August, there had been 255 mass shootings in the United States. Monday...
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The Death of Toni Morrison and the Decline of America
Toni Morrison has died. This is inexpressibly sad news, though perhaps not entirely unexpected....
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This Will Only Get Worse
I saw the headline on my phone’s home screen as we made our way to the Loop (Chicago’s downtown)...
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Puerto Rico in Crisis: Will the Cycle of Scandal Finally be Broken?
Puerto Rico is in crisis. Yet, I hear from Boricuas on and off the island that the issues are the...
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Stronger Together: Defending the “Dirtbag Left”
I recently read “Meet the Anti-Woke Left”, an article published in Spiked online. At...
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What Is to Be Done?
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of...
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Sanctuary Churches: Saying ‘No’ to the American Caesar
It was a strange 4th of July this year at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin,TX. We at the...
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MAD Magazine and Me: A Memoir of 1994
It is the Summer of 1994 and my family is taking its routine summer vacation at the Jersey Shore...
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The President’s Speech
We all heard it. In his 4th of July speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, looking out...
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Independence Day: An Immigrant’s Fourth of July
As a former monk from Tibet, I came to the United States seeking asylum in this great country. It...
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Big Debate Energy: Opening Nights of the Sport of Democracy
My new favorite sport is watching the Democratic Presidential Debates. Who needs the Stanley Cup...
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Richard Brody is a Sexist Piece of Shit, Or Why Men Can’t Write
A recent film review by Richard Brody in the New Yorker begins with the line, “[t]he litany of...
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The Insidious Racism of Québec’s Bill 21
Last weekend, the government of Québec passed some pretty heinous legislation. Using a means of...
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American Concentration Camps: A History Lesson for Liz Cheney
I don’t really know what to say to Rep. Liz Cheney. She lashed out yesterday after Rep. Alexandria...
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First the Good News: Denmark’s Lesson for the American Left
There was good news for the progressive Left Wednesday when the Social Democratic Party, led by 41-year-old Mette Frederiksen, won an impressive victory in Denmark’s parliamentary elections…
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A Canadian Genocide: Call It What It Is
The National Public Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’ report is...
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Scared, Alone, and Out of Options
As the news of several recent (flagrantly unconstitutional and malicious) abortion bans have...
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