True Madness

From Judith Warner’s excellent op-ed in the New York Times today:
“Stupak-Pitts passed not just because a group of Catholic bishops bore down on Democratic lawmakers. It passed because it could. Maybe because our cultural memory is short; because our fantasyland nostalgia for a world of stay-at-home moms and gray flannel dads is too great, because [...]

Militia Movement Report

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)  recently released a report about the resurgence of the right-wing militia movement. This resurgence is undoubtedly connected to the backlash we’ve been seeing to the election of an African-American as President. Although people these days are way too polite to go around screaming, “Segregation Forever,” they’re still finding ways [...]

Obamania

Maybe it was naive of me, but I was looking forward to this day, to watching the rituals of inaugurating our new president, this new president. Now that it’s here, the over-the-top media hoopla is annoying the hell outta me. With all their “How does it feeeeel?” and “What are your thoughts?” and “Did you [...]

Way To Go, America!

Pre-Election Crazies

Election Day: See update following post.
Are you anxious/antsy/terrified today? Have these feelings been building over the past few weeks and days? Are you bipolar, moving back and forth from elation to despair? You are not alone.
A Saturday New York Times article addressed the angst that Democrats and liberals—and, I might add, progressives—are enduring over this [...]

On Joe Biden

Well, they got to me, those Dems. TV’s talking heads keep saying the crux of the Biden decision was to snare Hillary’s supporters, and I became one of those people towards the end of the primary…Truth be told, I’m ecstatic. I’ve loved Joe Biden as a person for many years. He’s a real hamisch mensch, [...]

Ranting

I don’t rant nearly enough on this blog. I do it plenty to the radio and television when they’re spewing out the miserable news of the day, but I don’t think they hear me. Herewith, a compendium, in no particular order, of stuff that’s bugging me today.
Air Quality: Never very wonderful, the quality of the [...]

Train Wreck Continued

The more I ruminate on what’s happened with this election, the more agitated I become. I’m thinking about all those Democratic candidates who had so much potential, but who never stood a chance with a woman and a Black man in the game. It’s not the Party’s fault, nor is it anyone’s fault exactly…it’s kind [...]

Train Wreck: The Presidential Election

I don’t know about other progressives/liberals/radicals/Democrats, but I’m gettin’ real freaked out, kids. For 15 months this train’s been speeding headlong into what’s looking more and more like utter disaster. Because the media wanted sexy copy, they gave a black man and a white woman central billing from Day One, pushing some perfectly good potential [...]

Obama on Rights

Okay, I know I heard the words correctly–but I’m not sure I HEARD what Barack Obama was saying in last night’s umpteenth debate with Hilary Clinton. Asked where exactly he stands on gun control and the constitutional right to bear arms, Obama replied, “Just because you have a right doesn’t mean the state or local [...]