Film Review: The Movement and the ‘Madman’
A new documentary chronicles how rock music and raw people power prevented Tricky Dick from bombing North Vietnam., Read MoreContinue Reading
A new documentary chronicles how rock music and raw people power prevented Tricky Dick from bombing North Vietnam., Read MoreContinue Reading
Zachary Petrizzo @ The Daily Beast: Pastors Blame Americas Worst Traitor’s Prayer Call Fail on Flood of Trolls. Anya Zoledziowski @ Vice News: ‘Under His Wings’: Leaked Emails Reveal an Anti-Trans ‘Holy War.’ Michael Luciano @ Mediaite: Dana Perino Says ‘Wokeism’ Can Be Whatever Republicans Want It to Be: ‘ItContinue Reading
The Traitor lawyer Christina Bobb appeared on “Up Front In the Prophetic,” a show hosted by fervent QAnon conspiracy theorist Francine Fosdick, where the two had a totally normal conversation about whether President Joe Biden has been replaced by a clone. Christian nationalist Jason Rapert was on Capitol Hill lastContinue Reading
Let’s talk for a moment about public safety in Austin. The argument for Prop A – the GOP-backed initiative to force the city of Austin to hire 500+ more police officers – is premised on the notion that Texas’ capital has become uniquely dangerous as a result of the cityContinue Reading
Socialist city councilmember Kshama Sawant, along with thousands of activists, made Seattle the first U.S. city to outlaw this underreported form of bias., Read MoreContinue Reading
When right-wing youth organizer Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA spoke at University of California, Davis, last week, protests erupted that resulted in various acts of vandalism and arrests. When right-wing pastor Jack Hibbs of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills church, who is ardent supporter and close ally of Kirk’s, heardContinue Reading
A recent agreement to expand the U.S. military’s presence in the Philippines is concerning, given the United State’s century-long record of human rights abuses there., Read MoreContinue Reading
(Denver, CO — March 10, 2023) Today, Governor Jared Polis signed into law legislation that fixes Colorado’s post-conviction DNA testing statute to help ensure that wrongly convicted Coloradans can access DNA testing that can prove their innocence. The legislation was passed overwhelmingly in Colorado’s House and Senate last month. “ThisContinue Reading
A new book by Pulitzer Prize-winner Matthew Desmond seeks to shatter the numbness surrounding wealth inequality in the United States., Read MoreContinue Reading
I have been thinking a great deal about my own relationship with a sports world increasingly on tenuous moral ground., Read MoreContinue Reading
Your correspondent has not been writing here recently because I’m in the process of evaluating the continued effectiveness of making fact-based arguments on public-policy topics. Texas politics no longer seems to value facts, so I’m not sure what benefit there is from discussing them. Hewing to them just makes oneContinue Reading
Speeding with light and sirens is among the most dangerous things police officers do on the job, and about as likely to get officers or civilians killed as gunplay. Over the last couple of decades, this blog has documented efforts to reduce those deaths via policy tweaks and new technology.Continue Reading
Recently, I shared a the story at DownWithTyranny about how I first met Madonna backstage at Madison Square Garden. She was donating the night’s concert proceeds— a million dollars— to an AIDS charity. I was really impressed by her gesture and it opened me up to listening to her music.Continue Reading
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