Because shortening this is an act of humanitarian mercy — For those of you who were unable to watch the most recent Republican primary presidential debate because you were wisely doing something else (anything else), you’re in luck. My extensive team of political analysts has assembled a cliff notes version of the 2-hour debate for your convenience, because every other…

A Petri dish of fascism — There is a scene near the end of the old Woody Allen comedy, Bananas, featuring the inaugural speech of the new dictator as he takes power over the fictional nation of San Marcos. …

But for some, this unity must be stopped — Remember January 6th, when Fox News couldn’t decide if the people raiding the Capitol were Antifa, patriots, or tourists? It presented a serious ratings challenge that required numerous backflips to maintain the own-the-libs narrative demanded by their audience. When it was over, what remained of their “legitimate political discourse” was…

As my regular readers know, I have long emphasized that all of America’s major dysfunction is rooted in what I have referred to as “Problem #1” — the reality that we are divided by alternate realities. …

Please, for the good of the country, leverage your unity — The recent ousting of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy illustrates the dramatic disparity between competent governing and the chronically ungovernable. It has been a long time since either political party has had more than a handful of House members to comprise their majority. The division in the House of Representatives…

And there’s only one man who can do it — I am a Democrat, and in 2024, assuming he is still alive, I will vote for Joe Biden. Ideologically, I am a liberal progressive who believes in the value and capabilities of a robust and competent government as the best approach to delivering the greatest good to our country. But…

A preliminary damage assessment — Those of you who have followed me in the past know that I have long harped on what I believe is “Problem #1” facing our country — the reality that we no longer have a shared reality. The prospects for addressing our most daunting challenges as a nation would be…

This is why he is ideally suited for today’s Republican Party — One of the challenges of writing about current events is the shelf life of the content — the prospect that the work will be out of date by the time it reaches the audience. This is one of those pieces, or so I thought. It should be long out of…

Will they survive the flood? — With the conclusion of the midterm elections, it appears that the hyper-capitalist Division-Industrial Complex — a loose alliance dominated by Fox News and other right-wing media outlets — has hit a bump in the road. That bump is what we might humbly refer to as “reality”. As I’ve noted in…