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Senate Confirms Beth Robinson, the First Out Lesbian U.S. Circuit Court Judge
In a 51-45 vote yesterday, the Senate confirmed Robinson to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, which has jurisdiction in Connecticut, Vermont, and New York. It is a lifetime appointment for the 56-year-old graduate of D…
The Problem With Vaccine Mandates
COVID POLITICS - I live near Middlefield Ohio, the center of the fourth largest Amish settlement in America.
MSNBC Failed at Due Diligence on "In the Dark of the Valley" Documentary
COMMENTARY - This is the one story that I have not wanted to write.
The Religious Right is Crowing They Won the Virginia Governor’s Race By Sowing Fear of Trans People
LGBTQ NATION - Religious right organizations and evangelical leaders are bragging that they are responsible for Republican Glenn Youngkin’s…
Why Do Supreme Court Justices Keep Saying They’re Not Hacks
THE COURT - Ralph Waldo Emerson once told about a guest who came to dinner and spent the entire evening prattling about his own integrity…
Was the Afghan War a Schell Game?
A POV - I waited almost three months for some acknowledgement, but it never came. Not a bottle of champagne. Not a congratulatory note. Not…
Democrats Have a Choice: Embrace Progressive Populism or Suffer a Trumpian Fascist Future
ANALYSIS - Populism was the big winner in the Virginia election yesterday, after Terry McCauliffe ran on his past as a Bill Clinton Democra…
Let Local Residents Govern the California – Baja Border
BORDER WATCH - To: Baja California Gov.-elect Marina del Pilar Ávila and California Gov. Gavin Newsom
We’re Not Gonna Take It Anymore!
VOICES - Stop with the telemarketing calls, already. They are a plague on our society - invasive, abusive, and waking people who need their…
Greetings Neighbor and Miguel Morales ASM39
VOICES - The CalTrans response on Nov. 1st to remove the homeless encampment on the San Fernando Mission Blvd. southbound 405 freeway on-ra…
Response to Abby Zimet article
ANOTHER VOICE - In a recent article, dated November 1, 2021 "Talk About Teetering Edge of a Regime", your reporter stated that an event for…
U.S. Issues First Passport With Non-Binary “X” Gender Marker In Historic Move
GENDER POLITICS - The U.S. issued its first passport with an “X” gender marker this week, which LGBTQ advocates hailed as a historic moment…
Laundered Legacies
HISTORY REPEATS - When Richard Nixon died, those of us on the antiwar side of the barricades during his misbegotten presidency were driven…
Here Come the Abortion Bounty Hunters
VOICES - Texas’s cruel new anti-abortion law is more than just an unconstitutional restriction on reproductive choice. It’s also an egregio…
What Happens When The Weakest Link In The Chain Is You?
SUPPLY CHAIN MELTDOWN - To some in the Biden Administration, the supply chain crisis can be dismissed as a loss of East Asian-made consumer…
Galperin Will Leave a Legacy of Responsibility and Transparency
COMMENTARY - The recently released preliminary financial report for the City of Los Angeles by Ron Galperin is a refreshing breeze in an at…
No One Was Prepared For A Delusional President
AT LENGTH - If you were looking at things from the outside over the past four years, it would look like the plot of a crazy movie that only…
The Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) is Rigged Against You
MEDICAL FAIRNESS - In California, pregnant women begged for help, their cries were ignored, and they died from preeclampsia, forcibly remov…
This Is a 'Take This Job and Shove It' Moment in History
WORK FORCE - I've seen a lot of good folk die, Who had a lot of bills to pay
Kyrsten Sinema: Don't Touch Me (Unless You're Holding Lotsa Pharma Campaign Cash)
POLITICS WATCH - Hey, here's another day of Arizona's "Democratic" Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, aka "A Pharma favorite" in Congress and Corporation…
