Current Affairs

Fundamental change happens when the majority of us get mad enough to make it happen. We don't get mad often....

We have allowed the same crimes, colored under American law, and no one is being punished for it. The man...

Sometimes, elections really are about us, and about our troubles, about our concerns, and the differences among us. Sometimes elections...

When they don't have power to hold them together, the Republican Party could atomize into its various tribes, practically disappearing...

Why is it we can pretend to hold an Administration responsible for its failures but never hold it against its...

The point was brought home by Barack Obama's questioning. Is there an outcome other than a fully democratic (well Republican)...

We can only fight the dust within our time, and for our time. But memorials like the King Center remind...

Fact is we don't value anything with the word "public" in it. Public schools, public hospitals, public parks, public transit,...

Media coverage of the Big Shitpile has ignored the Big Fact. This happened because unregulated markets were allowed to be...

In football terms, it's the difference between running and passing. In baseball terms it's the difference between pitching and slugging....