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That would be, of course, nuclear power. Not only do many Missouri elected representatives support expanding the deadly boondoggle of nuclear energy, they expect taxpayers to pay for it not only with their health and safety but with their pocketbooks. … Continue reading →

In 2021, Marina Harss reviewed for Dance Magazine the attrition of dance critics and criticism in American media: “The Reality of Dance Criticism Today.”

Will the corporate “news” media acknowledge the way that he lists in the classic dementia position? And has been for years.

In The New York Times, Jamelle Bouie chastises Virginia Democrats for instantly acquiescing to the grotesquely lawless, partisan ruling of the Virginia Supreme Court. This Is what Democrats do. This is one of the reasons democracy is hanging by a … Continue reading →

Village Preservation’s annual report for 2025 documents that: “Under Mayor Adams, new landmark designations have sunk to an all-time low” in the 60-year existence of the LPC. The Commission instead plays bait-and-switch: the few designations now occurring “overwhelmingly eschew endangered … Continue reading →

A right-wing majority of the Virginia Supreme Court has the audacity to overrule an election and the will of the voters in an attempt to ensure GOP victory in the House. The once-unthinkable now seems like the only possible response. … Continue reading →

despite it being a known fact that he was a political actor who had participated in the Republicans’ successful attempt to steal the 2000 presidential election.

has “spent the last 20 years making America nearly ungovernable,” Matt Ford writes in The New Republic. “Time and time again,” the right-wing Supreme Court majority “has killed off public policy decisions for reasons that appear driven by the court’s … Continue reading →

every farm community devastated by the bankruptcies that have skyrocketed under Trump, and explain who is doing this to them.

I was just given one; I didn’t know it had been minted in 2023, as part of an “American Women Quarters” Program.