So after nearly 50 years, Roe v. Wade was struck down this June, by an overtly Dominionist Christian Supreme Court that has been at least 45 years in the making. Roe was the glacial shelf holding back a deluge of conservative wet dreams: overturning gay marriage and gay rights, the right to privacy (especially in…
Read More A Scarf For Vengeance and HopeHigh contrast: last week it was responsible adults in the room talking about hope, diversity, unity, and hard work. This week: rallying cries for a second Civil War delivered by coked-up nepotistic sycophants to a hateful demented old lech who can barely read from a teleprompter (yet mocks even family members with disabilities). Seriously, Don…
Read More DNC vs RNC conventionsWhat a month it has been, my readers. First: the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the direction of the current Saudi crown prince. I’m no big fan of the Turkish government, and I know they have blood on their hands as well. But they are at least keeping the Saudi government reeling off-balance and…
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