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Reminds the Democratic Establishment that they’re about to lose the midterms if they don’t abandon policies crafted by senile corruption. Sen. Warren raps with Mehdi Hasan at The Intercept’s Deconstructed podcast.

are on stage at BAM’s Harvey Theater in St. Petersburg’s Maly Theater Group’s production of Schiller’s  Love and Intrigue. Not that they’re doing star turns. Ensemble fellowship rules the day–without, let me qualify again,  any loss of untrammeled flamboyance. There’s … Continue reading →

Just keeps getting more and more ferocious: Health insurance for Americans with pre-existing conditions? Here today, gone tomorrow.

Just recommended to me: the Hickory Stick bookstore in Washington Depot, CT. The store’s been doing things their way for over 60 years!

It’s bad enough what they’ve done to arts coverage — but what they’re not doing to ensure a future for humanity is a bit more concerning. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. writes at Common Dreams: ‘In 2003, when environmental leader Laurie … Continue reading →

One reason he’s getting out of the House may be to attempt to forestall legal jeopardy–because he can’t stop himself from endorsing and supporting criminal conspiracy. Witness his robo comments today parroting the “Freedom” Caucus’s plot to obstruct justice in … Continue reading →

Mariinskiy intendant Ivan Vsevolozhsky turns out to have moonlighted as one of the great costume designer in balletic history. That was clear in Sergei Vikharev’s 1999 restoration of The Sleeping Beauty. It’s also clear in Alexei Ratmansky’s delightful restoration of … Continue reading →

We thought that the Dem leadership couldn’t get more stupid and craven. We were wrong. It seems that the superannuated Dems at the top are going to embrace “pay as you go” as one one of their platform planks, which … Continue reading →

It was mid-April and the rites of early spring were in full riot. And I was in the throes of them. First, I went to hear Timothy Young give the final talk of this season’s Wave Hill lecture series. Wave … Continue reading →

After what came out of Trump and Giuliani’s spoutholes this weekend, and the minimal pushback given it by the GOP, this is what the Democrats must use as ONE of their campaign platforms in the midterms.