Some thoughts on what’s going on right now in DC.
[Continue Reading]American Carnage
Remove Trump from office now. He’s dangerous.
Light at the End of the Dumpster Fire
2020 was literally catastrophic. But here are 20 big ways in which it wasn’t all bad.
For whatever reason, I still recall a 1997 TV ad tag line for the telecommunications company MCI: “Is this a great time or what?”
No sane person would say that about 2020. The year brought us an endless array of developments to despair about. I’ve decried some myself, such as here and here.
Rather than add another compendium of miseries to the universe, I’ll instead note some things that went right or where the good at least mitigated the bad. Here are 20 for 2020.
[Continue Reading]Georgia Pitch
Both Senate races are winnable. What we can do.
Unfortunate Inattention
Despite the stakes, most news outlets and Americans are paying relatively little heed to the most important non-presidential U.S. elections in our lifetimes: the two Georgia Senate runoff races, which will be decided on January 5.
[Continue Reading]Our Long Walk Home
We started this week.
Rounding the Corner
Bruce Springsteen’s 2006 song, “Long Walk Home,” offered a stark metaphor for George W. Bush’s America. The protagonist returns to a hometown peopled by friends who, having abandoned their ideals, have become strangers to him.
Since 2016, that feeling has rung true for many of us, arguably to an even greater extent.
But the song is also resolute and hopeful about the long walk back to enduring ideals, a better town and a better country. Its most memorable lines are:
[Continue Reading]You know that flag flying over the courthouse means certain things are set in stone
Who we are, what we’ll do and what we won’t
A Thanksgiving Like No Other
Grief, giving, ambivalence and blessings, all at once.
A Thanksgiving for Giving
For many Americans, this Thanksgiving arrives with pain, loss, isolation and hardship. Covid cases and deaths are skyrocketing. One in eight adults report not having enough to eat in the past week; the figure is one in six for households with children in them. The situation in numerous other nations is yet worse.
For folks much more fortunate, Covid and Trump’s legacy (even in defeat) still make this a time of grief and ambivalence. In view of the unprecedented plight of so many in 2020, it might be particularly appropriate for the more fortunate to mark Thanksgiving with giving to worthy causes this year. So, for those able and interested…
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