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An economic noose is being gradually slipped over Native Americans, who are being quietly led to the gallows, as they have been so many times before. …
When I asked you what you would like for your birthday this year, you said “just one kindness” and left it at that.
Anything goes at Grandma’s. But that’s not why my daughters delight in their time with you. Oh, don’t get we wrong, it’s part of it. Telling secrets…
This column originally appeared in the Long Island Press
For those who insist on God as part of the original intent in America, allow me to disabuse you of the most commonly mistaken beliefs. To begin, there are no references to God in the Constitution.
The rise of the conservative…
Okay, so now we’re all armed. Present company included. Great job, America. Now what?
This column originally appeared in the Long Island Press
The debate over gun control would be uproarious if it wasn’t so pitiful. In typical American fashion we have taken to the streets and airwaves in the…
The rationale behind their approach is simple and time-tested. Over time repetitious lies begin to have the resonance of truth, no matter how far fetched.
This column originally appeared in the Long Island Press
The Republican Convention was going rather poorly. The crowd was homogenous, the speakers were flat and…
“It’s quite shocking actually because it violates the long-standing presumption that the military is under civilian control.”
This column originally appeared on www.LongIslandPress.com in May of 2013
The manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects offered the nation a window into the stunning military-style capabilities of our local law enforcement…
If a juror believes a defendant is guilty of breaking the law, but believes also that the law itself is not just, she has the right to vote with her conscience and not with the law.
A single juror has the ability to acquit a defendant in a trial for…
How Wall Street and Big Oil have conspired over a twenty year period to legalize price-fixing and collusion in the commodities market. This is the reason oil prices are so high. These are the people responsible.
Inside the comfortable landscape of Rock Creek Golf Club in Fairhope, Alabama, life is…
Apathy is a direct corollary of inequality. Most of us are too busy and under too much financial pressure to remove ourselves from the cycle of madness. It’s the capitalist way.
(This piece originally appeared in the Long Island Press in 2014)
Vive la Corporation!
Suddenly, it is in vogue…
