Marc Jampole: Golden Boy
Today I feel the pain of the undocumented Mexican, pain that fear of discovery brings, the shame of it, the painful fear and shame of a mother, naturalized citizen born … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: The Real Reason Why The Right-Wing Loves Voucher Programs And Hates Public Schools
Want to improve your children’s chance of academic success? Research says send them to public schools. I’m not sure whether it was the author or the headline writer, but someone … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Trump’s War On Us
Trump’s war on immigrants comes home. Guess what? It’s part of a larger war on our economy and our values. The other day I was at a friend’s house when … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: The Treason of the Republican Presidents
The GOP has a history of striking deals with foreign governments to help it win presidential elections while out of power. Nixon and Reagan did it… and possibly Trump. If … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: The Koch Agenda
Donald Trump is giving us a government of the Kochs, by the Kochs and for the Kochs. Funny how everything seems to always work out well for some people. Take … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Messengers of the Right
When news media changed its definition of objectivity, they opened the door to ignorance & Trumpism. Once upon a time, the news media defined objectivity as presenting the facts, and … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: The Cynicism of the Republican Congress
There might be some possibility of convincing Donald Trump and the Republicans not to build a wall along the Mexican border if they sincerely felt threatened by an invasion of … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Spins, Lies, and Fake News
Fake news has been around since news has been around. What’s different now is the assertion that alternate truths exist. For a few months in the early 1980’s my job … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Shame On Us
Shame on my fellow white people, but blame the news media that created Trump and distorted Hillary. Shame on us, white people. We just rejected the most presidential, qualified candidate … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: The Sedition of Mr. Trump
3rd debate score: cool Clinton wins, Wallace wins, Trump stumbles, sniffs & commits sedition. Newscasters and commentators who analyze the candidates’ performance and the public’s reaction immediately after presidential debates … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: The Bully
Trump replaces “scratch & sniff” with “lie & sniff” in losing both debate and truth contest. I began noticing Donald Trump sniffing about a third of the way through the … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Bamboozled by the Media (Again)
Newsworthy: Quack gives a clean bill of health to conman. Not newsworthy: HRC talks about real path to citizenship Mark Twain would have changed the names and turned it into … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Trump May Win
How many people voting for Trump have been brainwashed by mainstream news media to dislike Hillary? Yesterday evening I witnessed something frightening. The masterful jazz trombonist Robin Eubanks was performing … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: The Best of Times
People at our Seder were too busy enjoying the moment to take photos & that’s a good thing. A very strange thing happened at our family Passover Seder dinner, which … Continue reading
