- OF RELATED INTEREST: --George Will: Vote against the GOP this November --GOP stops congressman from playing screams of children Trump jailed --Republicans Are Willing to Take Children Hostage in More Ways Than One Mike Peters is recognized as one of our nation’s most prominent cartoon artists for his outstanding work as both a political and comic strip cartoonist. … [Read more...] about Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: GOP Pro-life
Trump says trade wars are ‘easy.’ Here come the first American casualties.
WASHINGTON -- President Trump believes that "trade wars are good, and easy to win." So he started one. Now the casualties are beginning to return home from the battlefield, and on Capitol Hill Wednesday, the people's representatives presented some of them to Wilbur Ross, the president's billionaire commerce secretary. "Corn, wheat, beef and pork are all suffering market … [Read more...] about Trump says trade wars are ‘easy.’ Here come the first American casualties.
Cartoon: American Dream
Making art ‘should be uncomfortable’ – a conversation with visual artist Lorna Simpson
Visual artist Lorna Simpson speaks at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts Medal Gala in May 2018. Paul Rutherford/Tufts University, CC BY Christina Sharpe, Tufts University Lorna Simpson, a pioneering visual and conceptual artist whose striking work on race, gender and identity has placed her among the leading artists of her generation, was … [Read more...] about Making art ‘should be uncomfortable’ – a conversation with visual artist Lorna Simpson
Trump’s Mean Boy Nation
Never forget that the president's gang may be incompetent at a spectacular level but they're cruel and nasty to the bone by Michael Winship Our “I alone can fix it” president has gotten us in another fix, all right. Of course, whenever he screws up big time, Mister I Alone starts blaming everyone but Mister I Alone. He had admitted as much the other day when he … [Read more...] about Trump’s Mean Boy Nation
“They don’t want you to know” – Conspiracy Theories
by David Anderson Consider these propositions: climate change is a hoax, vaccines are dangerous and the Deep State is not only a thing, but hobbling Trump’s efforts to make America great again. Big conspiracies almost never exist. Small scale ones do, broadly defined at law as two or more people (together) doing an act or thing in furtherance of crime. Actually, one can … [Read more...] about “They don’t want you to know” – Conspiracy Theories
Correction to ‘The End to An Unnecessary, Un-American Tragedy at Our Southern Border’
On Wednesday Trump signed his disingenuous executive order (dishonestly titled, “Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation”) in a scornful attempt to apply a band aid to the gaping wound to our national character he himself inflicted. In a “final update” to this shameful, sorry episode in American politics, I naively changed the title of the piece to … [Read more...] about Correction to ‘The End to An Unnecessary, Un-American Tragedy at Our Southern Border’
Cannabis Nation — Vapor for Vipers
As a relic of the 1960s, I take more than a passing interest in the progression of marijuana in the lives of Americans. Thus, a wedding trip to Colorado starts with a visit to the local dispensary. It turns out that some of my fellow relic attendees began their sojourn with a stop at a Mary Jane shop. Even though a few bought for medicinal purposes, marijuana is big business … [Read more...] about Cannabis Nation — Vapor for Vipers
Preventing crimes against humanity in the US
Immigrant rights advocates speak against Trump’s policies in New Mexico. AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File Nadia Rubaii, Binghamton University, State University of New York and Max Pensky, Binghamton University, State University of New York There are those who say that comparing President Donald Trump’s rhetoric to that of Adolf Hitler is alarmist, … [Read more...] about Preventing crimes against humanity in the US
Shame on Melania and Donald
It’s time for a new approach to travel
As Mark Twain once said, ‘Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.’ Jake Simonds-Malamud, CC BY-SA Randy Malamud, Georgia State University When I overcame a flying phobia, I resolved to make up for lost time by visiting as much of the world as I could. So in the course of a decade, I logged over 300,000 miles, flying … [Read more...] about It’s time for a new approach to travel
The Daily Show Video: Fox News Versus North Korean TV
WOW. It does looks like it's run by the same management, doesn't it? The Daily Show: … [Read more...] about The Daily Show Video: Fox News Versus North Korean TV
Only values-based conservatives can conquer Trumpism
by Michael Gerson Washington Post Writers Group Columnist WASHINGTON -- On the issue of child separation, President Trump had to be dragged kicking and screaming into basic humanity. His initial goal was to create terror in migrants without provoking revulsion in the broader public. He failed. Trump may be immune to sympathy, but he is not immune to pressure. His partial … [Read more...] about Only values-based conservatives can conquer Trumpism
Baby Prison Nightmares (Cartoon, Column and Video)
We’ve had tension and threats of war with North Korea since that nation was created at the start of the Korean War. Donald Trump took it to new heights when he started calling his fellow narcissist childish names like “Little Rocket Man” and threatened “fire and fury,” and Kim Jong Un returning the favor with “dotard.” After their summit, which didn’t produce anything concrete … [Read more...] about Baby Prison Nightmares (Cartoon, Column and Video)
A sudden and lasting separation from a parent can permanently alter brain development
A boy stares out of a heavily tinted bus window leaving a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, Tuesday, June 19, 2018, in McAllen, Texas. AP Photo/Eric Gay Jacek Debiec, University of Michigan At birth, the brain is the most underdeveloped organ in our body. It takes up until our mid-20s for our brains to fully mature. Any serious and … [Read more...] about A sudden and lasting separation from a parent can permanently alter brain development
(UPDATES) How Is The Korean Peninsula Denuclearization Going?
UPDATE II: Finally something good coming out of North Korea. Several news organizations are reporting that the U.S. military has moved 100 coffins to the border with North Korea to receive the remains of American soldiers who died there during the Korean War. The return of the remains of U.S. soldiers is the only detailed commitment contained in the Singapore agreement … [Read more...] about (UPDATES) How Is The Korean Peninsula Denuclearization Going?
Yes, President Trump Should Be Impeached. But Be Very Careful Of What You Wish For.
The toxic fallout from the transformation of the Republican Party into a Donald Trump-worshipping cult controlled by racists, white nationalists, misogynists, gerrymanderers, flat earthers and other extremists will be felt for years to come even as the one-time Party of Lincoln inevitably faces eventual national electoral oblivion. But nowhere is its evil more immediately and … [Read more...] about Yes, President Trump Should Be Impeached. But Be Very Careful Of What You Wish For.
Breaking up families? America looks like a Dickens novel
Almost 1,500 immigrant boys, aged 10 to 17, were separated from their parents and brought to stay at Casa Padre in Brownsville, Texas. Department of Health and Human Services Sarah Bilston, Trinity College The news has been full these past few weeks of disturbing stories from the nation’s borders. The Trump administration has separated immigrant … [Read more...] about Breaking up families? America looks like a Dickens novel
Cartoon: Amber Alert
The California Blunder and the MAINE Event
Citizens are always looking for a way to improve the nation’s political system, though politicians do not always agree with citizens’ ideas. State legislators do not necessarily try to enact concepts originating with their constituents, particularly if they impact the legislators’ power in some way or interfere with the electoral process that brought him or her to office in the … [Read more...] about The California Blunder and the MAINE Event