We will never forget. August 25, 2017–the day Hurricane Harvey hit Texas–will be remembered as a day of infamy and injustice. The horror America experienced that day–and in the days afterward–will be remembered for generations to come. The anger Americans justifiably feel towards those who ignored the advanced warnings of this crisis will never subside. […]
Barry Goldwater
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If You Voted for Donald Trump, You Voted to Pardon Joe Arpaio
As part of taking an adversarial stance against lies and bigotry, the mainstream press must put an end–now–to the endless, fawning profiles of the folks who effectively betrayed this country by voting for Donald Trump. The folks who gave the former Celebrity Apprentice host the keys to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue are ultimately responsible for the […]
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After Charlottesville, A Time for Choosing
C’mon everybody This is your life I’m talking about a revolution We gotta organize We don’t need no segregation We don’t need no race New age revelation? I think we got a case –Prince, “Sexuality,” 1981 You know who you are. Not the white nationalists, the all-wrong “alt-right,” the folks who want to make America […]
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The GOP Bears Full Responsibility for the Havoc in Virginia
The madness in Virginia is the natural consequence of decades of GOP normalization of hate and rationalization of racism.
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On Jeff Flake, Goldwater and Trump
Sen. Flake thinks the Republicans have deviated from true conservatism. He’s wrong.
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The Ghost of Barry Goldwater and the Censorship of American Psychiatrists
Psychiatrists like myself aren’t supposed to speak up about politicians’ mental health. That needs to change.
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Trumpism: This Too Shall Pass?
Ask yourself: if George W. Bush had been considered a successful president, would Barack Obama have been elected in 2008? Looking back, it’s a bit difficult to see how Obama could have won absent Bush being regarded as an absolute disaster; the raw bigotry that Donald Trump exploited in his 2016 presidential campaign was obviously […]
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Is Bernie Sanders Done For?
Even if you think the world of the man, you have to admit he seems to have the anti-Midas touch these days. First, there was his own campaign. Galvanizing to progressive activists and young voters. Inspiring to millions. Passionate, driven, wildly successful in terms of fundraising. Still couldn’t seal the deal in the Democratic primary. […]
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Deplorable Behavior
It’s not going to happen Wednesday, either. Joe Romm of Climate Progress noted last week that if Anderson Cooper and Martha Raddatz failed to introduce a specific question about climate change at the Clinton-Trump II debate, the question would never be brought up in Clinton-Trump III: We’ve had two debates where the moderators ignored the […]
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Break On Through (To the Other Side): Part II
Are the Republicans who are declaring that they’re “with her” quietly admitting an inconvenient truth about the man who was declared victorious over Al Gore sixteen years ago? Notice the common thread that runs through the words of pro-Clinton Republicans: they’ve declared that GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump is “completely unqualified” for the White House, […]
