A Timely Reminder
With prosecutor Jack Smith excoriating Trump for his attack on democracy in seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election, the following is both prescient for its time and a relevant…
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It Never Really Ended
If we are brutally honest with ourselves, we must acknowledge that slavery never really ended. To be sure, in the United States, Black people were released from official bondage with…
History’s Judgement
If you don’t know the tragic story of Emmett Till, you can click here to read something I posted about him a few years back. It is the kind of…
Driving The Point Home
If you don’t get this, please see my previous post. Recommend this Post
Who Needs Reparations?
According to the ‘new’ history to be taught in Florida, it may be African Americans who owe white America reparations, given the ‘benefits’ that slavery conferred upon them. Sound ludicrous?…
Meanwhile, In The Land Of Corrupt Backroom Deals
H/t Patrick Corrigan I’m sure that Premier Ford hopes no one is monitoring his ongoing corruption and his destruction of much-needed Greenbelt land. Star readers puncture that illusion. Ford on…
Straight-Pride Guy’s Disappointment
As Kermit the Frog said, it’s not easy being green. H/t Dean Blundell Recommend this Post
Things Ron DeSantis Doesn’t Want People To Know
JAMES BALDWIN addresses the University Of Cambridge during his epochal debate with William F. Buckley in 1965. Oratory and content of the very highest order. To listen is to learn.…
Just A Victim Of Circumstances?
Fate can be cruel. It is not unheard of to be going about, minding one’s own business, when a person of unknown provenance accosts you and demands a photo with…
Atticus Said It Best
Interestingly, that is exactly what Marlon Brando was talking about in 1972, when he refused the Oscar for Best Actor (The Godfather). He was opposing the portrayal of Native Americans…
Are You Listening, Mr. DeSantis?
Of course you aren’t. H/t Michael Warburton Recommend this Post
Political Theatre Writ Large
For those unfamiliar with the death of Chuckles the Clown on the Mary Tyler Show, please click here. The episode ranks as one of the funniest in television history, its…
Canadian Vulnerability
Were it not for the willfully stupid and ignorant, the unhinged, and the extreme in our midst, I really would be less concerned about the benighted domestic decisions the Americans…
If Only The Truth Could Set Them Free
But judging by Donald Trump’s approval ratings, it does no such thing: This is how you beat Donald Trump: 1. Destroy his brand. 2. Expose his lifetime of lies and…
A Reflection On This Canada Day
While there are many who would tell us that Canada feels broken, it is only so to those who get their news from demagogues and their ilk. There is, however,…
Complementary Videos
I think the readers of this blog will have no problem understanding why the second video naturally follows the first one: NowThis @nowthisnews ‘He wants to create a kind of…
Democracy Is Fine, Until It Isn’t
I don’t post on a daily basis anymore, partly because I have other things keeping me busy and partly because I do wonder if anything good can come from a…
Advice For The Ages
Since most of us no longer attend Sunday services, we do not benefit from wise, well-considered homilies. The following advice from the philosopher Bertrand Russell in 1959 resonates now more…
Where Is He Now?
Were you to go down the right-hand side panel of this blog, you would see that Pat Robertson appears in 30 past posts. That I did not acknowledge his recent…