Advertisements Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to Instagram Live to lay out the case for why she is so steadfast in her support for Joe Biden remaining at the top of the Democratic ticket. She made the strongest case for Biden I’ve seen, by far. Now, I should single out oneContinue Reading
Advertisements Thanks to the news show Democracy NOW! I’ve developed an annual July 4th tradition of listening to James Earl Jones read Frederick Douglass’ brilliant speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Douglass’ speech was an important early example of white people trying to pat themselves onContinue Reading
Advertisements With the demise of Roe v Wade, and the pathetic response from Democrats from Biden and Pelosi on down, it’s alarm bell time. I make the case that so-called “strategic voting” has been a disaster and that the left side of the American political spectrum, from the left-of-center liberalsContinue Reading
Advertisements A Court of Appeals ruling has stated that boycotts are not protected speech. The case, as you might expect, involves the BDS movement calling for economic actions against Israel. But the ruling is a major threat to the First Amendment and the very concept of both free speech andContinue Reading
Advertisements Dear readers, I publish here the full, 98-page text of a draft opinion leaked to the newspaper, Politico, that completely overturns Roe v Wade. It is an awful opinion. Unfortunately, it capitalizes on the fact that Roe itself was a poorly thought out and badly written opinion that qualifiedContinue Reading
