Daniel R. Cobb: Trump and the Criminality of Climate Change
If someone threw buckets of gasoline on the front and back doors and the windows of a home and lit it on fire in the early morning, those sleeping inside … Continue reading
Daniel R. Cobb: Apologia
To all people of color, to Latinos and African Americans, to the refugees fleeing war and persecution, to immigrants from around the world, To Muslims and Jews, to those of … Continue reading
Daniel R. Cobb: Women, Can You Rescue America?
American women, I beseech you. Many men in high places have made a giant mess of things for decades. Today, the US political and judicial systems are crashing. And the … Continue reading
Daniel R. Cobb: Trump’s War on Women — Republican Silence is Complicity
It is, without any doubt, a disgrace that Donald Trump is the Republican nominee for president. Among many other reasons, no nominee in America’s history has shown so much blatant … Continue reading
Daniel R. Cobb: Republicans, embrace your inner child
Yes, Republicans, embrace your inner child: Donald. Mr. Trump speaks your inner truth, however Hitleresque and vile it sounds. Speaker of the House Ryan, Mitch McConnell, Reince Priebus and many … Continue reading
Daniel R. Cobb: The American Slaughter and our Complicit Republican Congress
Omar Mateen, an American citizen, used a Sig Sauer MCX semi-automatic assault weapon to murder and maim more than 100 people in the Orlando massacre. The automatic version of this … Continue reading
Daniel R. Cobb: An American Disgrace
If my life’s goal was to be as offensive and foul, as narcissistic and friendless as possible, I would emulate Donald Trump. You’ve probably met this kind of person before. … Continue reading
Daniel R. Cobb: America Looks in the Mirror and Sees Donald Trump
No doubt about it, Donald Trump represents a great tragedy and a threat for the American political system. But in spite of the GOP’s feigned reaction of horror to Donald, … Continue reading
Daniel R. Cobb: Isis – A Cup We Have Filled With Hatred
The claim to be a civilized society, the claim to be rational, advanced, even superior, is utterly bankrupt of any truth if, at those very moments when civility and rationality … Continue reading
Daniel R. Cobb: We Must End the Tyranny of the American Gun Lobby
Today, US federal law allows any adult to buy guns of all kinds, including AR15-style assault weapons, magazines, and ammunition, without any ID or background checks of any kind. These … Continue reading
Daniel R. Cobb: Surrogate victims are paying the price for the election of Barack Obama
In the 2007 campaign season, the Secret Service placed Barack Obama under their protection 19 months before the 2008 election, the earliest a presidential candidate had ever received that sad … Continue reading
