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Eyes on the prize
I was reading a friend’s posts–thoughtful, concerned, humane, powerful. One of her “friends” then posted a vitriolic attack on her. The attack was baseless, of course, but what’s fascinating is how that attack set in…
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Horror movies: Jaws and pandemics
The coronavirus pandemic is like watching Jaws in very very slow motion — you’re in the water, you know there’s a big, scary fish somewhere in the murky depths, you know the damn thing will bite…
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Why my Republican Member of Congress is wrong to vote against impeachment
Dear Representative Herrera Beutler: On Friday, December 13, you released a press statement declaring that you “will vote against both articles of impeachment if they reach the floor.” I am writing to tell you that…
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Not with a bang but a whimper
Watching the Gohmerts and Nuneses seek to turn black into white and up into down, watching Robert Mueller stick fastidiously to his narrow and apparently legalistic conception of his duty when given the opportunity to…
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A letter to Senator Lisa Murkowski (and other wavering senators)
Dear Senator Murkowski: I watched almost every minute of the hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday and Friday. I came away persuaded that Brett Kavanaugh is utterly unfit for the Supreme Court. Even…
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Impulsive, inconsistent, incoherent: Trump’s rationale for missile strikes
Impulsive, inconsistent, and incoherent: these are the hallmarks of Donald Trump and his administration. Yesterday, the United States launched a missile attach on Syria in response to Syria’s apparent use of chemical weapons. His justification…