Author Archives: jsl915@aol.com

I once temped for a couple of days for Justice Anthony Kennedy’s son at a Wall Street brokerage.  This was in 2000, right after Kennedy and his disreputable brethen had engineered a judicial coup d’etat to ensure that George W. … Continue reading →

I know that so many well-meaning people believe that Obama was a knight, or simply a victim of GOP baddies, but the reality is that Democrats must never again, given the savagery of today’s GOP, put forward a presidential candidate who … Continue reading →

Nothing could embolden Islamic terrorism more than an official policy of hate and religious discrimination.

And they can’t stand dissent from the electorate they screw over every single day. So last night, when a small crowd got loud as the Majority Leader and the Transportation Secretary left some GOP event, reality intruded into their hermetically … Continue reading →

Will Bunch writes: “These pleas for ‘civility’ from comfortable people who can relate to the horror of a shunning in a posh burrito bar but who can’t put themselves in the place of tired and poor people who trekked more than … Continue reading →

Telling Maxine Waters to quiet down amounts to condoning, or at least minimizing the full evil of what Donald Trump is doing to this country and the world. The Democrats’ inability to confront the GOP has contributed to the country’s … Continue reading →

John Roberts will go down as one of the most extreme and partisan chief justices in the history of the United States Supreme Court. After drawing a bead on democracy via his decisions on Citizens United and the Voting Rights … Continue reading →

to offer any criticism of foreign policy as it’s been waged on a bipartisan basis. Sen. Murphy tweets: “Current American foreign policy in a nutshell, as endorsed by SCOTUS: Step 1: Bomb country (e.g. Syria, Yemen, Libya) Step 2: Creating … Continue reading →

that aggressive tactics nearly always pay off for Republicans–and the Democratic Establishment is just as consistently petrified at the thought of responding in kind?

This fall, American Ballet Theatre brings back Balanchine’s masterpiece of student instruction as well as sublime balletic reimaging of one of the world’s greatest pieces of music. Call it a Balanchine Personal Statement, like something you write for an entrance application. … Continue reading →