The new MAGA Republican mantra goes something like this: Joe Biden betrayed the glorious courageous brave democratic Afghans…who might come here in a brown-people caravan by the millions to lay siege to our cherished gated communities!! Am I exaggerating? Just...
It’s surely blasphemy for me to suggest that we all just chill out a wee bit about Afghanistan. But here goes: Thanks to the hyperactive 24/7 news cycle and the instant gratification of Twitter hysteria, we don’t chill very well in this benighted century....
Anyone who professes to be shocked by the Taliban victory in Afghanistan has not been paying attention. It was always bound to happen. It was merely delayed because Uncle Sam kept his trillion-dollar finger in the dike for 20 years. Were we fated to remain forever, in...
The Hall of Shame is getting clogged with fascist coup enablers, but a special plaque should be carved for Chuck Grassley. On the Senate floor yesterday, the very senior Iowa Republican senator harrumphed about the new evidence that Trump actively plotted to overthrow...
On this date 47 years ago, Richard Nixon quit the presidency in disgrace and flew away. My girlfriend and I marked the happy occasion by playing hooky from work and binging carb-heavy breakfasts at our favorite diner – secure in our belief that democracy was...
