NOTE: This commentary flows from the imagination of the author in the context of denial and lack of understanding coming from the political right. Though it is meant as satire, it exposes a form of distorted and dangerous dystopian reasoning in this time of crisis.
Shootings Continue Against People Living While Being Black and Brown
Oppression operates like a wheel with many spokes. If we work to dismantle only one or a few specific spokes, the wheel will continue to roll over people.
Oppression operates like a wheel with many spokes. If we work to dismantle only one or a few specific spokes, the wheel will continue to roll over people.
Arbeit Macht Frei in This Time of Necropolitics
Toxic patriarchal hypermasculinity, death politics, and a nation of failed leadership.
Toxic patriarchal hypermasculinity, death politics, and a nation of failed leadership.
Conservative Christian Evangelicals Warn of ‘Homovirus’ Infecting America
Less finger pointing from the pulpit and more science, please.
Less finger-pointing from the pulpit and more science, please.
Rugged Individualism in Times of Pandemic Endangers Human Life Everywhere
Stay at home. Stay at home. Stay at home.
Stay at home. Stay at home. Stay at home.
The Catholic Church’s Progressive Façade Shields a Medieval House of Cards
Did Pope Francis miss the memo?
Did Pope Francis miss the memo?
Donald Trump, the Republican Party, and External Locus of Control
How the states and individuals were left to fend for themselves.
How the states and individuals were left to fend for themselves.
Eluding Potential of Ever Again
We all dream too.
We all dream too.
Coronavirus and the Neo-Eugenics Era
“HELL NO, WE WON’T GO!”
“HELL NO, WE WON’T GO!”
Tragedies and Silver Linings of Crises
“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
In Times of Crisis Republican Reneging on the Social Contract Breeds Disaster
“Medicare for All” MUST become the norm.
“Medicare for All” MUST become the norm.
Connecting into Social Media Disconnects Individuals from Society
“…Religion is the opium of the people.” - Karl Marx, philosopher and political economist
“…Religion is the opium of the people.” – Karl Marx, philosopher and political economist
It Will Take a Democratic Socialist Movement to Save Capitalism from Imploding
We need a concrete foundation of action for real life.
We need a concrete foundation of action for real life.
David Cash, Donald Trump, the Bad Samaritans, and Their Enablers
“Under the Hitler regime…the most important thing that I learned…was that bigotry and hatred are not the most urgent problems. The most urgent, the most disgraceful, the most shameful, and the most tragic problem is silence.” — Joachim Prinz, Rabbi of Berlin, exiled in 1937 to the United States, from his speech August 28, 1963, Washington, DC
“Under the Hitler regime…the most important thing that I learned…was that bigotry and hatred are not the most urgent problems. The most urgent, the most disgraceful, the most shameful, and the most tragic problem is silence.” — Joachim Prinz, Rabbi of Berlin, exiled in 1937 to the United States, from his speech August 28, 1963, Washington, DC
Erasing and the Continual Unearthing of LGBTQ Voices
For LGBTQ people and allies, inclusion of this information can underscore the fact that their feelings and desires are in no way unique, and that others like themselves lead happy and productive lives.
For LGBTQ people and allies, inclusion of this information can underscore the fact that their feelings and desires are in no way unique, and that others like themselves lead happy and productive lives.
The Orange Puppet with His Maxi and Mini MAGA Minions
hey lose the ability to differentiate truth from exaggerations and lies, and right from wrong.
hey lose the ability to differentiate truth from exaggerations and lies, and right from wrong.