Author Archives: jsl915@aol.com

Remember when our public schools were funded? Remember when they taught music and art? Remember when libraries were funded and they weren’t run by the trustees? Remember when infrastructure was repaired? When the federal government practiced revenue sharing with cities? … Continue reading →

Sen. McConnell is putting on his obi, all right–joining Sen. Graham in devoting his life to pleasuring Herr Trump. Of course, geishas are delicate and poetic–there’s none of that here.

is implicated by formerly one-of-its-own, erstwhile  NBC correspondent William Arkin, writing at CNN.

Patrick Caldwell in Mother Jones profiles this travesty of a public official’s determination to deny health care to as many deserving Americans as possible. –and make private corporations even richer in the process. Caldwell’s sidebar is a part of Tracie … Continue reading →

Let’s all make “Vice” the biggest-grossing flick of all time! No matter how much taxpayer-funded plastic surgery is performed on Liz Cheney, she is one of the ugliest-minded people in Congress. Rep. Cheney is obsessed with vindicating the legacy of … Continue reading →

Todd VanDerWerff stands up for cultural criticism at Vox. But because he advocates for popular-culture critique only, or rather can’t seem to see beyond it to discussions of anything else in the cultural sphere, he perpetuates the anti-culture bias that … Continue reading →

From Nation of Change, Rep. Khanna: “I do not understand why the Democrats don’t have the courage of our convictions and make the case that our policies will lead to growth.  PAYGO is to protect members in vulnerable districts who … Continue reading →

I had my own little experience with “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” author, the late Lee Israel. Seems she wasn’t thrilled about my writing a book on Tallulah Bankhead–perhaps given the fact that she’d already written one?? Lee was not … Continue reading →

At Daily Kos, Laura Clawson rebuts the current CW about Biden: “Let’s be clear: a 2020 presidential run is more likely to tarnish Biden’s current legacy than it is to end in victory. . . What makes him a competitor now is … Continue reading →

You wouldn’t have been a good army general. You would have been the bestest. Ever. A big, beautiful army general. And you know more about the army than anyone else. It’s get the net time–Trump is ready.