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“I have a dream”
Forty-nine years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., took the podium at the Lincoln Memorial and delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; it is still...
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A thought for the day, every day
“Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution. We affirm the promise of our democracy. We recall that what binds this nation together is...
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Stand by for American history
The United States Supreme Court hears arguments this week in two cases involving same-sex marriage that could make civil rights history. For those who can get beyond a knee-jerk reaction to the very...
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First the good news, then the better news, then the bad news
The good news is this: Congress has reached a budget deal. Yes, the U.S. Congress. And not when facing a deadline. America’s guests have done a thing that is rare in this day—their jobs. Here are...
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The state of the political system
Almost time for the president’s State of the Union address—oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy! Not really. I’m feeling that I should watch/listen to the speech just because I like to think that I’m a good...
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Conductor’s call for boarding: next train to crazytown
The bad news is, more candidates are announcing for the 2016 presidential race in both major parties, which makes it harder and harder from day to day to ignore the pointless noise. The good news...
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Dear Jon Stewart,
Thank you…you and the little army of writers and television gypsies that came together for good, at a time when your country, and I, needed you. When we were lost, trying to rescue truth from the...
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“I have a dream”
Fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., took the podium at the Lincoln Memorial and delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; it is still one of the...
View ArticleDonald the Dog Whistler
It’s not the fact that there are throwbacks like the people who marched in support of a Robert E. Lee statue in a park in Charlottesville, Virginia, yesterday that surprises me. Saddens me, yes, but...
View ArticleA “growing crisis of ethics and integrity”
Regular readers won’t be surprised when I say I can get behind this: If our leaders seek to conceal the truth, or we as people become accepting of alternative realities that are no long grounded in...
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