The Right’s assault on reason and intelligence has killed the notion that things can improve. Published in CommonDreams Dec 22, 2021 Link to article A conservative is someone who stands athwart history, yelling Stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so, or to have much patience with those who so urge it.—William…
The Curious Case of Two Generals Named Flynn
An insider says Mike Flynn’s brother lied about the Pentagon’s response to the Capitol riot. Published in CommonDreams Dec 10, 2021 Link to article Time flies whether one is having fun or not: it’s now almost a year since insurrectionists worked to nullify your vote in a violent storming of the Capitol. Investigations of the attempted…
Steve Bannon and the Deadly Implications of ‘Deconstructing the Administrative State’
It may sweep away the last barrier against political barbarism. Published in CommonDreams Nov. 17, 2021 Link to article Yale historian Timothy’s Snyder’s Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning was published in 2015. It was a book on a subject that had already received vast attention from historians, but it stood out for its novel…
The Leaf Blower and the Robocall: America’s Social Predicament
If we can’t even do the easy things, has the very concept of progress in America died? Published in CommonDreams Nov. 3, 2021 Link to article In the past couple of weeks, the national media briefly paused from its laser-like focus on Gabby Petito to notice that California was phasing out the sale of gas-powered leaf blowers by 2024. Not…
The French Sub Deal: A Mercedes With a Fiat Engine at a Rolls-Royce Price
Why the U.S. risked a diplomatic row to save Australia from a poor decision. Published Wednesday September 28, 2021 in Washington Monthly Once more obeying the old cliché, the Western alliance is in disarray, this time over Australia’s breaking its contract to buy French submarines in favor of a U.S.-UK proposal. Weapons contract cancellations between…
The Strange Case of Attorney General Merrick Garland
In his brief time in office, he has acted like a partisan Republican. Why? Published Thursday July 22 in Commondreams ( link to article) For those who were looking forward to obtaining transparency for the incompetent negligence, malfeasance, and reckless disregard for the health and safety of the American people that were the hallmarks of Donald…