What's wrong with temperance, anyway?
Like “civility,” or “humanism,” it’s hard to argue against “temperance” as a virtue. Voluntary self restraint is essential among citizens for a society to thrive, no?But you’re way ahead of me. Because...
View ArticleGender Affirming Care: a sober reconsideration
Look, no one is more liberal and compassionate than me, but every so often you get a wake-up call from the heartland. You gotta admit, these people sometimes have a knack for simplifying the most basic...
View ArticleWe are being mean to each other
It’s funny because it’s true: we joke a lot around here about the Democratic tendency to undermine progressive efforts with infighting and circular firing squads, but we give short shrift to the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Susan Sarandon Was Correct
As America quietly reflects on the past four years, the biggest lesson by far is one that we are doomed to repeat if we refuse to learn that there is verily no meaningful difference between the two...
View ArticleSorry for the diary, but...
Sorry for the diary but I’ve been listening to the news for days now with nobody ever mentioning the most obvious type of evidence that needs to be gathered against D. tRump — and I just realized we...
View ArticleNew findings: living “off the grid” leads to security vulnerabilities in the...
Stumped trying to understand how so many seemingly intelligent people — not utterly stupid anyway — could continue to believe, and act upon, such utterly obvious lies (surely this QAnon bullshit is...
View ArticleI chose not to vote in my state primary
I had not skipped an election in 40 years — even the tiny ones when I was one of 15 or so in my precinct to show up. So skipping this important primary was a decision I did not take lightly. I mention...
View ArticleThey live for culture war
Which leaves me trying to figure out whether and how to engage with deplorable people who know no shame. Habitual notions of civility tend to keep us pretty quiet in the face of anti-social,...
View ArticleAbout Tara Reade...
The GOP/Russia alliance thinks there is exactly one route to winning in November. It’s the same strategy as always: try to stink up the water bad enough to keep some people of good will home on...
View ArticleHappy to have helped!
I’ve been pretty rough on Uncle Joe this cycle, even posting a notorious diary suggesting he was in over his head. I’ve been critical of his political instincts, his sluggish performances, his past...
View ArticleBloomberg can still pull this out!
Just got a nice text from my local grassroots Bloomberg organizer (Sam), who makes a really solid case that he is the only unifying candidate. “We can’t afford 4 more years of Trump,” is the message;...
View ArticleTo my Bernie Brothers and Sisters
Embracing the probability that Bernie will actually win our nomination is a gradual process for me. The prospect is unsettling on various levels. And right now it is complicated by what is starting to...
View ArticleWe are being mean to each other
It’s funny because it’s true: we joke a lot around here about the Democratic tendency to undermine progressive efforts with infighting and circular firing squads, but we give short shrift to the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Susan Sarandon Was Correct
As America quietly reflects on the past four years, the biggest lesson by far is one that we are doomed to repeat if we refuse to learn that there is verily no meaningful difference between the two...
View ArticleSorry for the diary, but...
Sorry for the diary but I’ve been listening to the news for days now with nobody ever mentioning the most obvious type of evidence that needs to be gathered against D. tRump — and I just realized we...
View ArticleNew findings: living “off the grid” leads to security vulnerabilities in the...
Stumped trying to understand how so many seemingly intelligent people — not utterly stupid anyway — could continue to believe, and act upon, such utterly obvious lies (surely this QAnon bullshit is...
View ArticleI chose not to vote in my state primary
I had not skipped an election in 40 years — even the tiny ones when I was one of 15 or so in my precinct to show up. So skipping this important primary was a decision I did not take lightly. I mention...
View ArticleThey live for culture war
Which leaves me trying to figure out whether and how to engage with deplorable people who know no shame. Habitual notions of civility tend to keep us pretty quiet in the face of anti-social,...
View ArticleAbout Tara Reade...
The GOP/Russia alliance thinks there is exactly one route to winning in November. It’s the same strategy as always: try to stink up the water bad enough to keep some people of good will home on...
View ArticleHappy to have helped!
I’ve been pretty rough on Uncle Joe this cycle, even posting a notorious diary suggesting he was in over his head. I’ve been critical of his political instincts, his sluggish performances, his past...
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