Ten years ago, when John Mayer released the single “Waiting on the World to Change,” I thought it was one of the corniest songs ever recorded, a hyper-earnest lament about the social and political repression of what we now call “Millennials.” I couldn’t believe that the single was successful, and considered it just one more […]
Brad Friedman
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Virtual Insanity
Remember when Dr. Alvin Poussaint, the acclaimed Harvard Medical School psychiatry professor, argued that racism should be considered a form of mental illness? I could never figure out why Poussaint’s contention was considered controversial; it struck me as basic common sense that hatred based on race or culture is incompatible with rational thinking. Nearly two […]
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“Now There’s Revolution, But They Don’t Know What They’re Fighting…”
Bernie supporters need to realize that staying home will only make things worse.
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The Worst Mass Shooting in American History. And We Still Won’t Do a Damn Thing About the Guns.
I want to ask when the gun violence will finally stop in this country. But I know better than to ask, because the answer is “not anytime soon.” A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun took hostages and opened fire inside a crowded Florida nightclub, killing approximately 20 people dead and wounding 42 […]
