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Trump’s Crusade Against Truth is Reminiscent of Scopes Trial
Based on the Scopes “Monkey” Trial of 1925, the film remains one of director Stanley Kramer’s most relevant and masterful creations. As the Dryden Theatre wrote in their bulletin: “Inherit the Wind relates the sensational trial of a young…
Elizabeth Warren Is Right About Big Tech
BUSTING THE BEHEMOTHS-Presidential hopeful Senator Elizabeth Warren announced Friday she wants to bust up giants like Facebook, Google, and…
America’s Long History of Hysteria About Women’s Veils
FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN?--Fox far right wing propagandist Jeanine Pirro came after Ilhan Omar for veiling, saying it is unconstitutional for he…
The Shameful Attack That Backfired
WAR OF WORDS--What happened to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was troubling. On the one hand, because she dared to challenge the way supporters o…
Bravo for Julian Castro, But …
LATINO PERSPECTIVE-Politics sometimes makes drunkards of us all with its intoxicating whiffs of power and possibility -- and it often cloud…
Conversations with America’s Political Extremes
MY TURN-As a journalist, I have been monitoring, following, and communicating with factions of extremists on both sides of the political re…
The Greatest Wall of All, or … How To Solve the Border and China Problems in One Swell Foop
TOMGRAM--Call me crazy, if you want, but I think I see how to do it!
Balance in Government is Not Possible So Long as the GOP is Allowed to Cheat
MY TURN--Politics has always been a dirty game, and it seems that it happens in a lot of countries. Our founding fathers knew this and had…
The Age of Catastrophism: Why Forces Welcoming Economic, Social, and Planetary Collapse Are Rising
IN THE SHADOWS OF LOSERDOM-It’s a topic you can’t mention in polite company. People will look at you like you’re a little strange, and prob…
Jussie Smollett and Hate Crimes: One Lie, Many Truths
OTHER WORDS-Jussie Smollett, a popular actor and singer-songwriter, was recently arrested and charged with filing a false police report. Sm…
Jussie Smollett and Due Process: A Tale of Respect Gained … and Lost … for the Chicago PD
VIEW FROM HERE-The pain across the country is real. What Jussie Smollett supposedly did is unspeakable. He staged his own assault and blame…
How Capitalism’s Traumas and Fears are Becoming its Delusions and Psychoses
THE REAL COST OF CAPITALISM-Here’s a tiny observation, which you’re welcome to disagree with. I wouldn’t blame you.
The Bernie-Can’t-Get-the-Black-Vote Myth Continues
URBAN PERSPECTIVE--It was repeatedly said as fact in 2016 and it’s being said again. Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders has a…
Pogoism: The Foundation of America
ONE MAN’S OPINION-Forget what they told you in kindergarten and over the next 12 years of public school and through college and grad school…
Sacrificing Greatness for Personal Ambition: An Open Letter to Turkey’s President Erdogan
PROMOTING THE ISLAMIC AGENDA-Over the past year, I had the opportunity to speak to many Turkish scholars and former government officials, t…
Happy Dictator’s Day
HOLIDAY COLUMN--(Editor’s Note: This being national President’s Day, we went in search of a story that might honor the occasion. We headed…
Putin’s Orders: Trigger the Right with the Words Socialism and Venezuela
MY TURN--Conservatives seem to love spreading fake news, especially when it relates to topics where they are clueless.
Why I Care What Happens to the Children of Yemen
VIEW FROM HERE--For nearly six years I lived next to a family from Yemen. Today it is impossible for me to see people from that country as…
Green New Deal: Building a ‘Bold and Unapologetic’ Political Coalition
CLIMATE POLITICS-Progressive organizers are mobilizing behind the Green New Deal resolution—unveiled last week by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Co…
