The horrific scene that unfolded this week at Club Q in Colorado Springs reminds us of just how far we have not come in addressing gun violence or homophobic hate … Continue reading The Family You Choose
Contrast in Real Time
In a day of rapidly cascading headlines—the midterms, Twitter drama, the face-to-face meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping—two contrasting images are particularly memorable and speak volumes of our human … Continue reading Contrast in Real Time
The End of the Beginning
This week’s midterm elections in the US delivered a surprise that calmed the hearts of angst-ridden progressives. The dreaded “red wave” failed to materialize (prompting comedian Stephen Colbert to dub … Continue reading The End of the Beginning
Elections Are For Suckers
For sure, it is not a new idea. But to give credit where credit is due, I most recently heard the phrase on The Rachel Maddow Show on Monday night. … Continue reading Elections Are For Suckers
China Lurking
We have been preoccupied in this country with record-setting rates of inflation, drama around the upcoming mid-term elections, rapid-fire shifts in leadership in the UK and Russia’s ongoing brutality in … Continue reading China Lurking