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In America, cultural aspiration follows economic. With economic mobility basically paralyzed after forty-years of Reaganism and neo-liberalism, millions of Americans were tired of any internal or societal pressure to improve or elevate, or expand themselves. They backslid to a position … Continue reading →

If DeSantis wins election, it is time to declare Florida a rogue state, replete with Stalinist public education and the whole nine yards.

As Charlie Christ took him to the woodshed time after time, Ronny D looked like he was able to start crying. Sure, Ronny can keep up the lies and bluff–so long as there is no one there to challenge him.

Raw Story flags a new profile of DeSantis in the Financial Times. I am not going to pay for it, but apparently the future screaming-fascist used to get up and take his undergrad-sized marbles home if any of his chums … Continue reading →

I didn’t hear it. If you think the Republicans won’t go after a program designed to provide health care to the poor, you’re bats. Pelosi did say something about it. I know it’s not exactly fashionable among Democrats to mention … Continue reading →

Remember two years ago? Remember the pandemic that Truck and his lackeys actively sabotaged a recovery from? And do you somehow not expect a worldwide inflationary spike to follow? Question: why do the Republicans oppose every possible measure to actually … Continue reading →

and voters trust them over Democrats on the economy? The Democrats’ inept messaging has never been more tragic. The traditional media, of course, is doing its part, refusing to cover the Republicans’ stated determination to destroy Medicare and Social Security.

and is running propaganda ads filled with lies to attack rent-regulation laws, as it virulently attacks them in court.

For Air Mail, I squib on Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Met Opera. My brother and I took two friends from Chicago to last Saturday’s matinee–they attend the Chicago symphony but don’t go toa lot of opera. They … Continue reading →

Now in extremis, Trump has no compunction about broadcasting his anti-Semitism. Trump insists that the evangelicals, who believe Jews will go to hell if they don’t embrace Christianity, are more supportive of Israel than American Jews themselves. It’s like Jimmy … Continue reading →