Why Is Donald Trump Trying To Sound Like A Gangster?
As I said in a recent post, this is the kind of place I'd like to see Donald Trump end up in one day.Just slightly smaller, and without those hot…
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A Tonic For The Soul
Those who read this blog with any regularity would most likely describe me as an inveterate cynic. Indeed, it has become my default position. Nonetheless, when I see goodness and…
May They Inspire Us All
Their voices, I hope, are growing too loud to be ignored any longer: Recommend this Post
And The United States Considers Itself A Civilized Country?
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Enough To Warm A Cynic’s Heart
No matter how bleak and pessimistic I may sometimes feel about my species, something always comes along to lighten my heart: May they thrive, and may their momentum be unstoppable.…
Student Passion Versus NRA Polish
I’ll put my money on student passion. Recommend this Post
Who Speaks For The People?
The NRA’s Dana Loesch? Or Parkland student Delaney Tarr? You decide. Recommend this Post
A Dying Cause
As a reasonably rational individual, I no longer look upon the ongoing cascade of gun massacres in the United States with either horror or sadness; the only real emotion I…
Crowdsourcing, Anyone?
Like millions of people around the world, I have been deeply impressed and moved by the passionate conviction with which young people, spearheaded by the survivors of the horrific shootings…
The Ugly American
I’ll let the oleaginous Republican Senator Ted Cruz stand in for the rest of his ilk: NEW VIDEO: “Ted Cruz’s Top 10 Tips on Being a Hooker for the NRA”…
It Wasn’t Just a Crazed Kid with an Assault Rifle At that Parkdale High School Yesterday. He had Company, America’s "Bought and Paid For" Congress.
I watched Lawrence O’Donnell interview a father whose 15-year old daughter was at the Parkdale, Florida high school where 17 people, mainly students, were gunned down yesterday. The man’s daughter…
A Truly Alien Nation
This weekend we celebrate with family and friends our Canadian Thanksgiving. As is the custom, we reflect upon the things for which we are grateful, and duly give thanks for…
BDS is no BS – They Call the State “Pariah”
Jewish groups condemn Green Party for supporting Israeli boycott policy Leader Elizabeth May ‘disappointed’ by party’s vote at its national convention The Canadian Press Posted: Aug 08, 2016 10:09 AM…
"They’re Coming": A Paranoid NRA Interpretation of The Orlando Massacre
A little something to disturb your Father's Day celebrations: In the wake of the massacre at Pulse night club in Orlando, National Rifle Association (NRA) Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre…
The Home Of Free Speech?
Guess it depends on what you have to say: A journalism professor at the University of Kansas was placed on indefinite administrative leave Friday after he Tweeted about the Navy…
Guns Don’t Kill People – Video Games Do: Pretzel Logic From Fox
I’m sure this makes sense to many Americans: Recommend this Post
The Undemocratic Elected Senate & The Democratic Appointed One
90% of Americans support universal background checks for guns yet on Wednesday the American Senate struck down that legislation. That’s not very democratic, is it? Those in Canada who fervently…
Schindler’s Pissed, And Other News
I’m back in the saddle, after a relaxing and rejuvenating vacation, which included almost no access to the internet for 2 whole weeks. Four of us piled into a clean…
America, You Must Not Look Away (How to Finish Off the NRA)
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Good Morning, I pondered about whether or not I should put Michael Moore’s latest up on the blog this morning. It is not pretty but it is…