Currently, in many cities, police officers are called to respond to mental health emergencies. As seems obvious, beefy guys with guns plus mental health emergency often equals tragedy. Some cities are beginning to change this… Read More »Police Reform Baby Steps
This is from Bret Stephens at the NY Times. I think he nails something I’ve struggled to put into words in the paragraphs highlighted below. The Conservative Movement Needs a Reckoning Just as ignorance was… Read More »Shamelessness Became Virtue in Trump’s GOP
The NYPD, since the summer BLM protests, and the voluminous video evidence of crimes by police officers against protesters, have fallen back on their traditional strategy: scare people. Or, to be more precise, blackmail the… Read More »NYPD: Still Under Racist Management
You’re not dreaming! Biden wins a squeaker but Dems lose seats in the House and likely failed to take Senate That was not fun. I did not enjoy that. Can we not do that again?… Read More »The Horror Movie Election
Facebook, the social media platform that provides a safe and welcoming environment to proto-fascists and neo-nihilists (but no one in between) hasn’t officially endorsed Trump but… – they’re blocking Biden ads – they’re allowing Trump… Read More »Facebook Trying to Elect Trump Again
When your house is on fire, you tend not to focus on the swelling sinkhole in your backyard. But once the fire is put out (tomorrow? next week? next month?) we must confront the real… Read More »Deep State Takeover: Trump to Replace Thousands of Civil Servants with Circus Clowns
A major thrust of the Trump campaign and the Republican party strategy ahead of the 2020 election has been to prevent as many people as possible from voting by any means necessary. Let us count… Read More »Republicans: The Voter Suppression Party
Modern Society Is Built on Common Understandings of What Is True, Based on Facts, Critical Thought, and Rational Debate. Trump Is Slowly Degrading This Foundation. There are innumerable reasons each of which independently of the… Read More »Why Lying Is Bad – and Why Trump’s Incessant Lying Is a Dire Threat to Civilization
Is Trump the Worst Businessman in American History? We don’t have enough data to answer that question but we have learned a great deal over the last two years, far more than was known… Read More »Is Trump the Worst Businessman in American History?
Evangelicals are not a homogeneous block. Even in 2016, many Christians spoke out against Trump. But as the end approaches (not of life but of Trump’s first term), more are communicating a deep discomfort with Donald Trump and with the hypocrisy of the evangelical establishment which supported him. Two recent opinion pieces are notable both for their clarity and conviction and because both authors are important members of the evangelical community.