Critical Race Theory
Critical Race Theory (CRT) is the Trump Republican’s latest boogeyman, both on the stump and in Republican dominated statehouses across the country, and they are especially concerned that it is being taught in our schools. As more than one pundit has said, as well as former President Obama, based on how the Republicans are carrying […]
Forget Bipartisanship
Am I the only one getting more than a little impatient with the Democrats, both the Biden Administration and in Congress? I constantly rail against the Republicans, but that doesn’t mean I’m not pretty damn frustrated with the Democrats. I know all about the filibuster stopping President Biden’s agenda in the Senate, but at a […]
Satan Worshipping Pedophiles
Before I go on another rant about the foolishness of QAnon believers, let me explain why I sometimes sympathize with believers of Trump’s “big lie.” They may be a bunch of suckers and fools, but at least I understand why the lie was made up and why so many people were eager to believe it. […]
The Case(s) of the Missing Bodycam Footage
Presumably your humble spirit isn’t the only one whose frustration and anger is growing over police bodycam footage not being used for its intended purpose—that is, having evidence of what occurs during police encounters with the public. Bodycam footage is also intended to serve as a deterrent to bad behavior on the part of the […]
Rejecting Reality
Regretfully, I am beginning to wonder if some people—that is, the MAGA crowd of Trump supporters—aren’t downright crazy. I understand that Trump fed them the “big lie” that the election was “rigged” and all, but now they don’t even want to believe what they saw happen at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, just like […]
The Republican Civil War
I’ve written a lot about the Republican Party being at war with itself and falling apart, but now it has unquestionably evolved into the “party of Trump,” totally ruled by the “base,” aka Trump’s loyal followers. Did you ever think you would see a political party in America that embraces the likes of Matt Gaetz […]
America IS a Racist Country
Despite what Republican Senator Tim Scott of the “great state” of South Carolina says, we all know that America is undeniably a racist country, a very racist country. The fact that the Republican Party chose it’s only African American Senator out to deliver their rebuttal to President Biden’s address to the nation tells us all […]
The First Amendment is Under Attack
While most of us are celebrating justice for George Floyd and hope it represents a positive turning point for our country, a sizeable minority on the right continue to exhibit some of the most hateful racism and irrational fear of the “other” that I’ve ever witnessed during this humble spirit’s almost two-hundred years hanging about […]
Modern Day Slave Power
While we can all rejoice in Derek Chauvin being found guilty of all charges in the killing of George Floyd, this humble spirt is running out of words to express my outrage at the killing of Black men by the police. After each tragic episode comes the contentious debate over what happened, the why and […]
George Floyd’s Killing Was Ritualized Murder
The medical experts who testified in the Derek Chauvin trial have established that George Floyd had stopped breathing and lost his pulse long before Chauvin removed his knee from his neck. It turns out that Floyd was dead in about five minutes but Chauvin kept his knee on his neck for a total of nine […]
We See What We Want to See
The killing of George Floyd last spring supposedly opened America’s eyes to racism and sparked a new racial awakening in the country. But now the trial of his killer, Derek Chauvin, reminds us of another trial almost 30 years ago—that of four Los Angeles police officers charged with beating Rodney King almost to death. Not […]
Support the “For the People Act”
So, what do you think of Georgia Governor Kemp signing a bill to curtail voting rights and suppress the Democratic vote, happily surrounded by a bunch of middle-aged white men with a picture of a slave plantation hanging in the background? And just to add to the good old-fashioned southern charm and hospitality, he had […]
Stop the Steal – Republicans Want to Suppress the Vote!
Republican legislators in states across the country want to limit early voting and place more restrictions on mail-in voting. They want us to believe the Democrats can only win through voter fraud, but evidence suggests the Republicans can only win through voter suppression.
Senator Ron Johnson
Senator Ron Johnson finally spoke the simple truth of why he and other Trump supporters have so little concern about what happened at the Capitol—the insurrectionists were members of their WHITE team. If nothing else, we owe him a debt of gratitude for laying the truth bare.
And Still More White Trash Privilege
Before I begin, please accept my usual apology for once again using the term “white trash,” an expression that deeply offends my egalitarian grain. While it’s true I was the son of a slaveholder in the antebellum South, I was also raised to respect the “common man,” as poor white people were often referred to […]
Bob’s Big Boy
So, have you seen the hideous golden statue of former president Trump they wheeled out at CPAC—the annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference? I grew up in antebellum Alabama rather than post World War II Southern California, but apparently it really does resemble the famous Bob’s Big Boy statue that stands outside all […]
Another Wake Up Call
What happened in Texas last week is one more painful, embarrassing disaster for our country, another one of those terrible events that some inevitably refer to as a “wake-up call.” How many more wake-up calls are going to find us unprepared and ill-equipped? I for one think it’s high time we all woke up! Please […]
Profiles in Worm
I hate to bore you by regurgitating the details of Trump’s second impeachment trial or the awful events at the Capitol on January 6th, but how can anyone, living or dead (such as myself, of course) fail to comment on the Republican senators who voted against impeachment, who have twisted and contorted themselves into knots […]
White TRASH Arrogance
Like their hero, Trump, the people who attacked the U.S. Capitol like to portray themselves as society’s victims, but the truth is their white privilege has long since evolved into pure screaming (quite literally, in many instances!) arrogance and audacity.
A New Republican Party II
The Republican Party has been nothing but a ruse concocted by the corporate power structure using their contrived “culture wars”—God, guns, and gays, etc.— to persuade a disaffected segment of the American electorate to vote against their own economic interests.