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…

I challenge other liberals to join me, since we MUST understand their thought process — I admit I have bitten off more than I can chew, in typical autistic (Asperger’s) fashion. So, maybe you don’t want to join me in this insane project of mine. One of the books on my summer reading list — a beloved right-wing home-schooling favorite — does clock in at…

Show them what the word “pride” really means — Will I be attending Pride this year? Oh hell yes! We have to. Not just for ourselves, but for the younger generations coming up behind us. We have to show up. For them. I do not belittle concerns and fears about threats of violence. That has to be taken seriously…

It will be nice for the rest of us to get a little break from being their punching bags — When I heard that some folk on the radical right are attacking Chik-fil-A for being “woke,” and calling for a boycott, my brain ate itself. Once I regained consciousness, drank a double espresso, and ate some 90% cacao dark chocolate (which tastes so awful it is the next best thing…

McCarthy thinks Americans are stupid, Biden knows McCarthy is stupid, and I’m thinking PT Barnum was right — You know, sometimes I feel a bit embarrassed to be an American. When I think about citizens of other countries watching the PT Barnum Circus Sideshow of our government in action, my cheeks turn red. …

I visited some of my Republican relatives … living in their own little “Woodbury” — First, you may ask why am I writing a vacation travel story, and second, why should you want to read it? I normally write on politics, so you may be asking what the hell is this? I’m writing it because this little travel adventure of mine into The Walking Dead…

No, not Harlan Crow, but rather Leonard Leo, who made the Court into an agent of radical conservative Catholicism — I love this photo. On the right side in the middle, the mousey-looking man with glasses kind of hunched in his chair, that is Leonard Leo. Never heard of him before? Or maybe his name kind of rings a bell, but you are not quite sure? He should really be…

Methinks the word does not mean what they think it means — I want to offer a big fat “thank you” to Republicans! With your peculiar obsession with what you call “decorum,” you have woken up what will prove to be an unstoppable, intersectional, multiracial, multigenerational force in American politics. …

So shocking that even Justice Thomas didn’t sign on to it and dissented separately — The devil is in the details. Yes, the big news on Friday, April 21st, was that the Supreme Court ruled to pause the lower court’s abortion pill restrictions. This ruling was not on the merits, of course. …