| Apr 12, 2017 | Rights / DemocracyOne of President Trump’s favorite themes is what he calls “American carnage” — typified by “the violence” and “the gangs.” To that end, he’s repeatedly highlighted the violence in Chicago. A few days after he was inaugurated,...
| | Environment / HealthMy neighbor moved out this week. I learned that when I found a moving truck blocking my car and I couldn’t get out of the driveway. No matter — by the end of the day, the truck was gone. In its place, however, was a queen-sized pillow-top mattress, a wooden...
| | Rights / DemocracyIn an insightful song about outlaws, Woody Guthrie wrote this verse: “As through this world I travel / I see lots of funny men / Some’ll rob you with a 6-gun / Some with a fountain pen.” The fountain pens are doing the serious stealing these days....
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| Apr 5, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week, the Senate votes on Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. Several weeks back, we ran a piece by People for the American Way’s Michael Keegan (read it here, if you missed it then) on the corporate-friendly line he expected Gorsuch to take on the bench....
