Where Are the Conservative Scolds of Yesteryear?

America produced way too many conservative moral scolds in the closing decades of the twentieth century and the first decade or so of the twenty-first, and they gained far too much power over the national political and cultural conversation.

Dreaming About God

After the rant against God that I posted on Yom Kippur, the mystical side of my mind expected or perhaps secretly hoped for some kind of response, which might come in a dream. Sure enough, a couple of days later I did have a dream that seemed directly related. In it, I was reading a

Eve of Destruction

Putin is either in deadly earnest with his nuclear threats, or if he is bluffing there is no possible way we can be sure of it, but Europe and America also cannot back down on Ukraine.

Child Abuse Nation

If it bleeds, it leads, except if it’s Black, then our attention recedes.

You May Not Be Interested in Politics, But Politics Is Interested in You

When they cannot avert democracy entirely, these elites will always seek to corrupt it, and unfortunately in America they have the powerful weapon of “White” racism to help them.

An Open Letter To God, on Yom Kippur

We’re at the brink of nuclear war and catastrophic global overheating, and yet You still choose to stay silent.

Apathy, Cynicism, and Complacency are the Fascists’ Biggest Friends

Humanity keeps vomiting up endless variations on the same vile history of massacre.

The Man in the Moon

All of the problems we have here on Earth must be solved by and for us, who are living here; they are not exportable into outer space.

It’s 1940 Again in America, as Ukraine Burns

It appears that many Americans sympathizing with a fascist enemy nation is not a new phenomenon.

Mass Murderers’ Movies

Contrary to what many people believe, terrorism does work in achieving certain political goals, but it is possible to deter and fight back against “suicidal” attacks on civilians.