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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt affirmed his loyalties to GOP hate-the-poor policies last week by attending a Washington, D.C., dog and pony show with the president to back a plan to endanger the most vulnerable – and least powerful – people
Read moreI interrupt my discourse on the unity of the human race and the political tolerance that should be its natural result to discuss one of the most embarrassing moments in American presidential history. No, I’m not referring to the massive
Read moreNinety years ago, when he called for a New World Order based on the economic interdependence of the world, Will Durant allowed for two options: “We must choose between a Pax Romana and a Balkanized world.” Durant’s choice of “Balkanized
Read moreThe illogic of continued resource extraction has finally caught on with reasonable people, but it still faces opposition from folks who resist any change on the principle of refusing to think and that worse lot who don’t care about environmental
Read moreTwo weeks back, just after I wrapped up a column about the president’s toxic rhetoric, he spewed more of the same. This time he was telling a pro-Israel conference, populated predominately by Jewish voters, that they might not like him,
Read moreThe House of Representatives had no choice but to impeach Donald Trump for his brazen attempt to use U.S. governmental resources – the aid package Congress approved for Ukraine – to coerce a foreign government, Ukraine, into a faux investigation
Read moreThe news was shocking, disturbing to anyone who is still a child at heart. Early this month, CBS announced: “Reindeer near Santa’s hometown need help to survive a warming climate.” NBC, a little later, was less dramatic: “Climate change threatens
Read moreThe cover last year on True West magazine caught my eyes: “When history was true.” The subhead explained: “So much of our history is being twisted and vilified, it’s time for a closer look at the facts.” The author was Paul Hutton, Distinguished
Read morePresident Donald Trump invites to the White House a cartoonist whose work includes the right-wing nonsense that an international Jewish conspiracy controls the world. President Donald Trump references and promotes British bigot Katie Hopkins, who advocates a “final solution” for
Read moreIn my late teens and early twenties, in between immersions in Edmund Spenser, I jumped with full force and fervor into the world of Fyodor Dostoevsky. Thank you, Constance Garnett, though many have since criticized the only translations available at
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