IMPORTANT READS

ESSAY-On a muggy summer day, I happened upon two twentysomething Chinese men bickering over the best angle for a selfie in front of the memorial wall at the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum.

VIEW FROM HERE-Whether his opponents are willing to recognize it or not, President George Herbert Walker Bush lived an extraordinary life.

FUTURE SHOCKER-I attended Donald Trump’s funeral today in a half-empty Washington Cathedral, curious to learn how the 45th president, who of course resigned in disgrace in 2019, would be remembered by those who came to mourn him.

MILLENNIAL VOICE--The other morning, I woke to a bombardment of millennial tropes. They came from my timelines and news feeds, my inbox and the small square TV that I was watching on the treadmill at the gym. Like little catapulted rocks:

VIEW FROM HERE--Along with millions across the globe, I have been a great admirer of Pope Francis.

GELFAND’S WORLD--All of a sudden, we have multiple sources arguing that Trump faces serious jail time. 

PERSPECTIVE-In the first two years of the Trump Administration, millions of voters have been skillfully led to believe that the Democratic Party will become their bulwark against all manner of political evils, usually lumped together as fascism and linked to Donald Trump.

OTHER WORDS--Our death rituals for public figures are evolving.

FACT FINDING-Even as the special counsel has amassed more and more evidence about the Trump presidential campaign and Russia, the president's allies have proclaimed the scandal a fabrication. 

DISABILITY PERSPECTIVE-Living with a disability means accepting that some things in your life are going to be harder, but it doesn’t mean accepting anything less when it comes to establishing a meaningful, profitable career.

WORDS OF WARNING-In the near future, you may see an increase in people in your towns going door-to-door to strike up conversations with residents.

MY TURN-Almost like clockwork, the conservative talking heads are expected to spew forth the Fox brainwashed propaganda comment of “We suffered 8 years under Obama.” 

POLITICAL FOLLIES-Indulge me for a moment. I want to tell you a little story, which might — just might — contain a tiny grain of truth about the challenges before us now, and what it takes to meet them. It goes like this. 

GUEST COMMENTARY--Thanksgiving weekend, but the barbarism of the Trump regime goes on apace. 

VIEW FROM HERE-There is nothing unique about Donald Trump. Yet both Democrats and Republicans view him that way all the time.

SUPREMES PUSH BACK--Chief Justice John Roberts is pushing back against President Donald Trump for his description of a judge who ruled against Trump’s migrant asylum policy as an “Obama judge.”

POLITICAL FOLLIES-There’s a sense of optimism  --  maybe relief is a better word --  breaking through the clouds of American collapse.

MY TURN-For many of us who were watching the 2016 Presidential election process, it became distinctly apparent something was radically wrong.

POLITICS--Democrats in the House of Representatives say they plan to hold a series of hearings about climate change over two days at the beginning of next year. The announcement comes from the ranking members of House committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology. 

MY TURN-We all know that having conversations with conservatives is an exercise in futility.

MY TURN-Admit it, every time you see a truck with a Confederate flag or a trump bumper sticker, you wonder how these people tie their shoes in the morning without help.