The Problem ISN’T That We’re “Divided and Polarized”
Friends, Written by Robert ReichI keep hearing that one of America’s biggest problems is we’re “divided and polarized.” For example, New York Times columnist David French: “We’ve known for a long time that…
Inspection- How is this NOT a Cult?
A republished edition. Memorial Day weekend 2026. I added a few minor things. It's BAAACCCKKKK!!! I labeled the picture for this edition, "God-silla Trump." The whole…
Team of Rivals or Not?
Posted by Richard Romine and Paul Hesman. Written by Chris Heges. Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals captured one of the great paradoxes of American political leadership: Abraham Lincoln deliberately…
On “White” Jesus
Written by Jim Palmer (Posted elsewhere by Richard Romine) "That picture of Jesus is laughable. The soft-focus white man with manicured hair, glowing skin, and a baby lamb tucked gently…
I Read the Right-Wing Women’s Magazine Sex Issue so You Don’t Have To
Written by Amanda Marcotte The magazine has a long, ugly history of employing misinformation to scare women out of using contraception, mostly by failing to mention the incredibly high risks of…