Like many people I’m pleasantly surprised by the overall result, given the dominant narratives going into the election. I’m dreading another Georgia runoff, though I’m optimistic about the outcome (more on that below) and I’m hopeful that the Dems can hold the Senate, and maybe even pick up a 51–49 majority that would diminish the […]
A letter to the editor in my local paper makes a point that we encounter regularly, and one that I believe holds us back. To paraphrase, the writer recommends a recent book, about the history of racist violence in New York State, be added to school curriculum. I fully agree with the letter writer on this
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Last night I watched the latest episode of John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight, in which he did a deep dive on bail reform and the massive right-wing outcry against it. As always, Oliver presented a cogent, well-researched, and even entertaining video essay on the topic, and it’s worth watching if you haven’t already. The alarmist
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I suspect you’re as tired as me of hearing how today’s Republican fascism parallels European fascism in the early 20th century. Nevertheless, the recent surge in anti-queer rhetoric from the US Right requires a brief lesson in history. Ideas about defending masculinity and the traditional family, and about protecting youth from indoctrination, were key to Nazi
Full disclosure: I’ve been trying to improve my color work, and found some artists on YouTube who are really helpful. When I set out to draw this one, I thought “I think I’ll challenge myself artistically.” Kids: Don’t ever do that. this took me like ten days, and if you look close you can see
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It’s Veterans Day, and I am thinking about all the Americans who have served their country, risking or giving their lives to serve the interests of our nation. I’m thinking also of foreign nationals, like the thousands of Iraqi translators, who risked their safety to serve the U.S. Military — they may not have enlisted
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My ballot is already in the mail, and we all know Joe Biden is going to win New York anyway. At least I got to vote for AOC for the first time. Anyway, I figured I’d do something worth my time instead, so I started reading Talia Lavin’s “Culture Warlords,” and let me tell you
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Pete Buttigieg has a talking point he returns to often, in explaining his opposition to proposals that college should be free: He thinks millionaires and billionaires, who can afford tuition, should have to pay for it. He thus supports only means-tested tuition support programs, which are complicated and prone to error–see, for instance, the calamitous
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