FOOTNOTE: The #MoscowMitch hashtag is now trending on Twitter and Senator McConnell is not happy (so don't use it). … [Read more...] about Mitch McConnell (Cartoon)
Restricting SNAP benefits could hurt millions of Americans – and local communities
SNAP benefits help millions of families put food on the table. JACEK SKROK/Shutterstock.com Cindy Leung, University of Michigan and Julia A. Wolfson, University of Michigan The U.S. Department of Agriculture is trying to restrict access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. SNAP is the primary way the government helps low-income … [Read more...] about Restricting SNAP benefits could hurt millions of Americans – and local communities
Moscow Mitch (Cartoon)
After Mueller, Trump’s wrecking ball keeps swinging
WASHINGTON -- Robert Mueller testified before Congress Wednesday. Meanwhile, out there in the real world: -- A federal judge in California was issuing an injunction blocking a new Trump administration policy that would have flatly denied most Central American migrants the right to lawfully seek asylum at the southern border. -- Attorney General William Barr was preparing … [Read more...] about After Mueller, Trump’s wrecking ball keeps swinging
I am not a racist (Cartoon)
Is Boris Johnson, Britain’s new prime minister, anti-immigrant, a homophobe, a bigot – or just politically expedient?
Luke Reader, Case Western Reserve University After the election of Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and prime minister, does Britain have a populist, nativist politician as its head of government? It’s hard to say. Johnson has been a little of everything during his career. Over three decades in public life, Johnson has shifted between social liberalism and … [Read more...] about Is Boris Johnson, Britain’s new prime minister, anti-immigrant, a homophobe, a bigot – or just politically expedient?
WHAT FOOLS THESE MORTALS BE!
Puck Magazine was a political satirical magazine founded in 1871. It was infamous and beloved - a magazine of reform that mocked monopolists, corruption, money in politics, bigotry, fraud, and hypocrisy in government. Its home was the Puck Building in Manhattan’s Nolita district of Lower Manhattan. Puck made and unmade politicians, and waged war on corruption. Its successor, … [Read more...] about WHAT FOOLS THESE MORTALS BE!
McConnell is Gaming The System
Pascal’s Wager is one of the best concepts I learned in college [In law school I learned its less useful alternative - it never hurts to ask. Sometimes it does]. If you live virtuously and God exists, then you enter the kingdom of Heaven. If God doesn’t exist, you’ve given up only a few material things. On the other hand, if you act godlessly and it turns out you’re wrong, … [Read more...] about McConnell is Gaming The System
GOP’s Secret 2020 Election Weapon (Cartoon)
When it comes to Russia, McConnell is no patriot
WASHINGTON -- Mitch McConnell is a Russian asset. This doesn't mean he's a spy, but neither is it a flip accusation. Russia attacked our country in 2016. It is attacking us today. Its attacks will intensify in 2020. Yet each time we try to raise our defenses to repel the attack, McConnell, the Senate majority leader, blocks us from defending ourselves. Let's call this … [Read more...] about When it comes to Russia, McConnell is no patriot
Year 1714 CE: The Start of Accurate Temperature Measurements
Prior to Year 1714 CE, people did not have a way to make accurate temperature measurements. From Live Science: "The concept of measuring temperature is fairly new. The thermoscope — essentially a thermometer without a scale — was the precursor to the modern thermometer. . . A thermoscope could show the differences in temperature, allowing observers to know if something was … [Read more...] about Year 1714 CE: The Start of Accurate Temperature Measurements
The English Psycho and Brexit: A Psychological Profile (Extended Analysis)
These are fast and confusing times with technological, societal and economic change spinning our heads in all directions. Most of the changes are improvements, but some aren't and sheer disruption is unsettling. It is a psychological fact that in chaotic times people frequently allow narcissists and psychopaths to rise to the top of organizations, often faster than they do … [Read more...] about The English Psycho and Brexit: A Psychological Profile (Extended Analysis)
MUELLER HEARING (Column and Cartoon)
Mueller time came with a whimper for many and devastation for others. If you have read the Mueller Report or at least paid attention to legitimate news sources over the past few months, then Mueller’s testimony before the Congressional Judiciary Committee wasn’t revealing and didn’t present any new grounds to impeach Trump. You already knew this stuff. However, if you’re … [Read more...] about MUELLER HEARING (Column and Cartoon)
Republicans make it clear: They’re lying about Trump’s innocence
By E.J. DIONNE JR. WASHINGTON -- President Trump and his Republican apologists -- including his defense lawyer who moonlights as the nation's attorney general -- do not believe a single word they have said about former special counsel Robert Mueller's report. The GOP has claimed that it shows "no collusion, no obstruction." But their behavior at Wednesday's hearings, not to … [Read more...] about Republicans make it clear: They’re lying about Trump’s innocence
The Mueller hearing and the death of facts
Lee McIntyre, Boston University Listening to former special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony on July 24, the nation heard a duel over the facts. Not what the facts imply, not our response to them, but what the facts are. Founding Father John Adams once said, “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our … [Read more...] about The Mueller hearing and the death of facts
The New Wizard of Oz
Is there any there, there is the question the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees tried to decide using the testimony of the Special Counsel, Robert Mueller. The two year investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 election and Trump’s possible obstruction of justice came to an end over two months ago with a report of over 400 pages issued. Extremely circumspect … [Read more...] about The New Wizard of Oz
Cartoon: Mueller testimony
Mueller’s Testimony: Impeachment Accelerant or Anticlimax?
Remember the now-distant days when we Americans who closely track Donald Trump's lies and lawlessness waited in great anticipation for "Mueller Time"? That historic reckoning seemed virtually assured - until Trump's servile attorney general, Bill Barr, falsely spun the Mueller report as a total exoneration of his client. Barr's bumper-sticker mantra, amplified by his … [Read more...] about Mueller’s Testimony: Impeachment Accelerant or Anticlimax?
Trump, Go Back Where You Came From
Don’t let this presidential pickpocket use cruel verbal assaults to distract you from the truth. by Michael Winship Every presidential election year, Frontline, the superb investigative TV series on PBS, produces an in-depth look at the Democratic and Republican candidates. It’s called “The Choice,” and invariably offers some insights that likely you won’t see … [Read more...] about Trump, Go Back Where You Came From
‘Eindstation Auschwitz,’ a Survivor’s Account of Auschwitz, the ‘Final Destination’
"We know that there is only one ending to this, only one liberation from this barbed wire hell: death." -- Eddy de Wind He was one of the approximately 107,000 Dutch Jewish men, women and children who were transported in train cattle wagons to a dozen or more Nazi death camps bearing the now-sinister, odious names of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Sobibor, Bergen-Belsen, Dachau, … [Read more...] about ‘Eindstation Auschwitz,’ a Survivor’s Account of Auschwitz, the ‘Final Destination’