For a large chunk of American history, abortion was legal, and then some white guys plus some racist guys got an idea — In conservative Republican circles, there has been for decades an almost cultish worship of the Founding Fathers of America. Tied to that is a claimed reverence for the Constitution of the United States, along with an odd notion of “originalist” interpretation of that document for the purposes of Supreme Court…

The trials and tribulations of coddling a deranged authoritarian toddler — I want to discuss the coddlers of the toddler, not the authoritarian toddler himself. But first, let us get out of the way the topic of “What did he say?!” The banner at the bottom of the screen this morning on “Fox & Friends First” read “Trump Says He Will…

Nothing against kink, but self-righteous book-banners don’t get to have their cake and eat it, too — I don’t normally write this sort of article. However, when someone turns out to be stunningly, staggeringly, and infuriatingly hypocritical about LGBTQ, I can’t resist. So, I am stooping to a bit of New York Post-style gossip column writing. I can’t help it. Indulge me just this once. In America…

It is not just for the education, it is for the emotion — because you need to “feel it” to “get it” — I really did not know what to expect as I sat down to watch the documentary based on Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s book Stamped From the Beginning. Perhaps I was expecting a lot of facts and figures about slavery in America. Perhaps I was expecting inspiring quotes from Frederick Douglass…

So, how do we navigate what will be a history-making (possibly apocalyptic) year for America? — There was something that Nikki Haley said in a debate that sums up the coming year in American politics. She was speaking in reference to Vivek Ramaswamy. However, I think this quote has very broad applicability. She said, “Honestly, every time I hear you, I feel a little bit dumber…” …

They should have read the writing on the wall — In the recent elections, the organization with the Orwellian doublespeak name “Moms for Liberty” — you know, those people who go around trouncing on everybody’s liberty — lost big. Or to borrow the all-caps Trumpism, they lost BIGLY. The writing was on the wall, but they were too busy pushing…

Also, helpful hint to GOP: Lying, cheating, and trying to mislead voters is not popular with voters — The election results are in for November 7, 2023, and guess what? Abortion won. Republicans lost. The only consequential race that the Democrat candidate lost (the race for governor of Mississippi) was where both the Democrat Presley and the Republican Reeves supported an abortion ban. Gee, Presley, what if instead…

I thought he might display a tiny small hint of vague leadership skill, but, oh well — Unlike most political pundits, I do admit when I am wrong. I also do not make excuses for myself. I was wrong. Period. I had written previously that I was cautiously possibly slightly optimistic and heartened by the fact that the new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson was at…

And it has been “queer” in every sense of the word — To those who mostly follow me on Medium for my writing on politics, this ain’t that. To quote one of my favorite Monty Python lines: “And now for something completely different.” My topic here is religion. Of course, politics and religion do have something in common. They are both topics…