Washington is burning. This is America. The mercury soars to 100 F, and people are sheltering in place. Death by heat wave or dehydration? No, that couldn’t happen here. And yet, consider the wild things that have happened here lately, turning the presidential race upside down since the end of June. The shocking attempt on […]

What’s wrong with Neil Gorsuch? His soul, I mean. As one of the domineering right-wing extremists on the Supreme Court, Gorsuch routinely supports enthroning plutocracy, autocracy and his own brand of Christian theocracy over people’s democratic rights. But he also uses his unelected, unchecked judicial position to take power and justice away from America’s least […]

In overseeing the American economy, President Joe Biden has shown himself to be an amazing manager. It’s all there in the numbers, especially when placed next to those of his predecessor. And should Biden win a second term and show himself to be not as sharp as he was four years ago, small matter economy-wise. […]

Try as he might, Donald Trump can’t blur the hard reality he forced upon American women. He vowed in 2016 to get rid of Roe v. Wade and succeeded. As a result, American women lost a half-century right to end an unwanted or dangerous pregnancy. Some of the harsh truths turn into nightmares. When Nicole […]

Walking through Roger Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island, I came upon a moss-covered monolith listing the Ten Commandments. This was some time ago, but knowing the objections then being made to placing religious artifacts in public places, I thought, “This stone won’t be here for long.” It was removed in 2004. My feelings were […]