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• Crime and Policing

  

  Crime is rising! People always think this. But in fact crime rates hit a peak in the early ’90s (though nowhere near earlier epochs), and then fell inexorably... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ukraine: How Does This End?

  

  The wanton, callous destruction, death, and suffering sear the soul.Having denied that Russia’s Ukraine aggression is a “war,” Putin now denies that it’s going... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “If the Guy Had Done Anything Wrong, It Would Have Come out by Now”

  

  He now says he declassified the documents in his mind, just by thinking it, no sort of “process” being necessary. Also that the FBI, in its judicially authorize... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Worst Candidate I’ll Have Ever Voted For

  

  Last winter, New York State’s government bought 52 million Covid test kits for $637 million, or $12.25 each. Right after, California (with a bigger population)... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor . . .

  

  So Governor Abbott grabs human beings — mothers and children, who have already suffered horrific ordeals fleeing nightmares in places like Venezuela — and puts... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Birthday Gift – A Marriage Culture

  

  For my recent 75th birthday — in a addition to a cake, a new cushion for my outdoor recliner, a mermaid sculpture, a piece of furniture, and a mess of... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Real Story About Inflation

  

  Inflation is a bad thing. The whole point of money is as a receptacle of value; fluctuating value defeats the purpose. The $10 you put in the bank a year ago ha... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Frontline — How MAGA Maggots Ate the GOP

  

  PBS’s recent Frontline documentary, Lies, Politics and Democracy, I thought would just be old hat. Instead it was a compelling and revealing eye-opener.For six... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Faulkner on Race

  

  I’ve written about William Faulkner (1897-1962) as my favorite novelist. A Mississippian, his books were all set there, between Civil War times and the early... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Metaphysical Club: Religion and Democracy

  

  When single, I jumped on a personal ad saying “interested in ideas.” But on our date, the gal seemed no intellectual. I asked what she’d meant by “interested... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Goodbye Gorby

  

  Mikhail Gorbachev was the most consequential personage of the 20th century’s latter half. And in a good way.Now that is really saying something. The 21st... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “Riots in the Streets”

  

  Senator Lindsay Graham, the on-again-off-again toady, foresees “riots in the streets” if Trump is prosecuted for stealing classified documents. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Assholes — A Theory

  

  “Well, he’s got the asshole vote,” I remarked to my wife early in 2016. “But are there enough assholes?”Now I’ve read Aaron James’s book, Assholes — A Theory.... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “Evil Geniuses – The Unmaking of America – A Recent History”

  

  Kurt Andersen’s 2020 book is about “political economy.” He argues that ours went from being basically fair to unfair, the turning point around 1980. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Soccer Life Lessons

  

  I am the least sports-minded person on Earth, but here’s a thing I can confidently say most soccer champs do wrong.You’re about to take a penalty kick. The... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Liz Cheney at the Alamo

  

  Liz Cheney’s politics are orthodox conservative. She believes in the Constitution, democracy, rule of law, and truth. But unlike almost every other Republican... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trumpers’ Heroic Persecution Fantasy

  

  Trump cultists’ rabid reaction to the FBI search warrant is revealing. They don’t just see him under threat; they see themselves under threat. Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Last Rose of Shanghai

  

  Shanghai, 1940. The Japanese have ravaged through much of China; they’re in Shanghai, but don’t (yet) control its international settlement. Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Mar-a-Lago Search — Republican Hypocrisy Incandescent

  

  Trumpworld is foaming at the mouth in paroxysms of outrage over the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search, screeching that it’s an improper “weaponizing” of government agains... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• David McCullough 1933-2022

  

  David McCullough was a great American. Just weeks ago I read his little 2017 book, The American Spirit – Who We Are and What We Stand For. I did so because I... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY