Robert F. Barsky: Noam Chomsky at 96
The linguist, educator, philosopher and public thinker has had a massive intellectual and moral influence.
Joan E. Bauer: 165 Maybery Road
Salka raises money, gathers affidavits
to bring Jews from Europe to safety, finds jobs
for the newcomers, drives them to Farmer’s Market
on Fairfax, a reminder of the Old World.
Abby Zimet: Onward Christian Boot Camps
As a baleful Cabinet of Horrors coalesces, up next to run our vast military is “perfect Trump World monster” Pete Hegseth, a creepy, philandering, “inordinately unqualified” White Nationalist facing charges of drunken sexual assault.
Eva-Maria Simms: The Playbook of Dictatorship Redux
From my family stories and my readings of political philosophy and history, the following picture emerges, which shows the building blocks of a totalitarian dictatorship. I offer it here as a warning from a German immigrant to my fellow citizens in the United States.
H.D: The Flowering of the Rod
O, give me burning blue
and brittle burnt sea-weed
above the tide-line,
as I stand, still unsatisfied,
under the long shadow-on-snow of the pine.
Brett Wilkins: Trump Cabinet Picks So Far Decried as ‘Nightmare Fuel’
The good news is, we can win these types of fights. We helped drive out three Cabinet secretaries from office last time, and we can do that kind of thing again.
Amy Lowell: Dreams in War Time
I dug a grave under an oak-tree.
With infinite care, I stamped my spade
Into the heavy grass.
Madison Bannon: This activist group chat has been blocking a weapons shipment to Israel for weeks
There is an African proverb: If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.
Elizabeth Warren & Bernie Sanders respond to the 2024 election
We will continue to fight for each other.
JULIA CONLEY: THE RESISTANCE STARTS NOW
“We’re more prepared than ever to block the disastrous Trump policies we know are coming,” said one climate group. As voters across the United States grappled on Wednesday with the … Continue reading
David Adès: Our Griefs
When they were little and not yet anguish
we nurtured our griefs,
we coddled them,
said there, there, things will get better.
Charles Davidson | A Call to Confess: Christians on the Eve of the 2024 U.S. Election
Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the 1930s German “Confessing Church” Speak to Us
Video: Michelle Obama Rallies for Harris in Kalamazoo
Former first lady Michelle Obama spoke at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Kalamazoo, Michigan on October 26, 2024.
Steven Rosenfeld: Leading Civil Rights Lawyer Shows 20 Ways Trump Is Copying Hitler’s Early Rhetoric and Policies
Watching Trump work his crowds, I see a dangerously manipulative narcissist unleashing the demagogic spells that he learned from studying Hitler’s speeches–spells that he cannot control and that are capable of eroding the fabric of American democracy
