Somewhere along the way the work of confronting the rot of racism took a turn. The understanding that racism is a universal toxin, mediated through social systems, gave way to a vigilance for the individual offender.
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Dirty Deeds and the GOP
A brief history of the recent Pennsylvania race summarizes the moral bankruptcy of American conservatism
One Nation Under Theocrats
In Trump’s America everything depends on the manner in which Republican factionalism is resolved. In Alabama we may have come closer to a resolution ✎ Wayne K. Spear | September 28, 2017 | waynekspear.com HOURS AGO, as of the time I… Read More ›
The Ones Who Know Jesus
Trumpetsound, a fissure of sky. A midnight darkness visible yields to His glory. The firmament echoes of angelsong. Jesus has come, and the many see and fear. Hallelujah! He has come! For centuries He has tarried. For millennia His people… Read More ›
Yes Mister President Yes
Through the fence between the curling flower spaces the ones who make the words the mean words can see us hitting later they bring me the papers the papers papers papers and I tell them I say Enough of the… Read More ›
They Have Begun to Drain the Swamp!
The man who drains the swamp in metaphorical reality goes to Washington and amasses money and power.
The Ghost of Presidents Future
Mr. George W. Bush furrows his brow, rests his chin in hand. As he floats in the air, his tapping foot touches nothing.
“I was supposed to say something to you about starting World War III. You know, to do it, or to don’t do it. It’s either good or evil, World War III. ”
“So true. I haven’t made up my mind yet, to be honest. Some days I’m leaning one way, other days—.”
How is Arizona’s Bill 1062 Not Discrimination Against Gays?
REPUBLICANS HAVE AN extraordinary talent at crafting eye-grabbing viral legislation, and in recent years they’ve been upping the bar in the field of contentious law and law-making. My standing pick for sheer legislative chutzpah is North Carolina’s Motorcyle Abortion Bill,… Read More ›
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• Week of 13.10.2013 | “SEND IN THE CLOWNS” Christian delusions are driving the GOP insane | Quebec physicians ordered to stop performing virginity tests | Vatican withdraws Pope Francis medals after spelling Jesus’ name wrong | Mike Duffy billed… Read More ›
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• Week of 23.06.2013 The National Research Centre for Residential Schools | The GOP’s Jaw Dropping “Scientific” Theories | Half of First Nations Children Live in Poverty, Says New Study | Recommended Article: Diary of Second World War German teenager… Read More ›
For the GOP, it’s 2050 in America
I HAD JUST finished reading the New York Times article “Republicans Reconsider Positions on Immigration” when confirmation of President Obama’s Florida victory arrived. Had more Republicans heeded the advice of Florida’s Jeb Bush, this article, and the contest it describes,… Read More ›
Romney’s the victim of campaigns that reduce issues to cartoons and caricatures
RUMOURS OF ROMNEY’S demise, to paraphrase Mark Twain, may be premature: but we know already the substance of the obituary should it soon come to that.
Republicans liked Todd Akin before they disliked him
HUMAN REPRODUCTION is nothing if not a fertile topic, and our fecund media have underscored the point in the current case of US Senate hopeful, Todd Akin. At issue is his recent musing on the improbable concurrence of rape and… Read More ›
