January 28, 2015
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Comments Off on An Unbroken Line of Violence
An Unbroken Line of Violence In ten years of blogging, much of my writing comes down to telling stories, and stitching them together into a bigger context. It’s been my thing, for a while now, because it just made sense … Continue reading
December 22, 2014
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Comments Off on Conservative Media And Cop Killers Of A Diffrent Color
On June 8, 2014, white, anti-government, tea party supporters shot and killed two Las Vegas police officers. Conservative media was conspicuously silent.
December 15, 2014
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Comments Off on Fuck The Cleveland Police
Fuck the Cleveland police, and any apology they think they are owed. http://t.co/WnVoNX9fd8 Andrew Hawkins T-Shirt Pisses Off Cleveland Police Union (Pic) #SportsTap pic.twitter.com/UakmUricbz— Sports Tap (@SportsTapApp) December 15, 2014
December 9, 2014
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Comments Off on The “Ferguson Story” Is America’s Story
Fox News hosts Bill O’Reilly and Megyn Kelly assured us that the “Ferguson story” would be over in a week. That was before a grand jury declined to indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo for killing Eric Garner with an illegal … Continue reading
September 18, 2014
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Comments Off on Beyond Ferguson: Ending Racial Profiling In America
America must stop “following tragedy with embarrassment,” and pass the End Racial Profiling Act, before the next city that’s “one dead black teenager away from burning to the ground” catches fire. “How many more Michael Browns will we have?”, Sen. … Continue reading
September 16, 2014
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Comments Off on Young, Black, And Guilty Until Proven Innocent
The New York Times informed us that Michael Brown was “no angel.” When to be young and black is to be guilty until proven innocent, black children must be “angelic” just to be worthy of living. The Times initially defended … Continue reading
September 5, 2014
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Comments Off on Beyond Ferguson: Sanders To Propose Youth Jobs Bill
At Michael Brown’s funeral, Rev. Al Sharpton lamented that America has “money to give military equipment to police forces,” but not to train and employ young people. Sen. Bernie Sanders is making good on a promise to remedy that. While … Continue reading
August 18, 2014
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Comments Off on Ferguson And The “War On Whites”
Republican Rep. Mo Brooks thinks there’s a “war on whites” in America. In the streets Ferguson, Missouri — where a white police officer killed an unarmed, young black man — it’s the other way around. Continue reading
August 15, 2014
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Comments Off on Wingnut Week In Review: Speaking Ill Of the Dead
Two tragic events this week gave right wingers an opportunity to show some humanity and decency. As usual, wingnuts did not exactly cover themselves in glory. Instead of rising to the occasion, they sank to new lows. Most Americans were sad to learn that beloved … Continue reading
August 12, 2014
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Comments Off on Re-post: Coming Down Fast: The Manson Murders’ 40 Year Aftermath, Pt. 2
Editor’s note: This weekend was the 45th anniversary of the Manson Family murders. Five years ago, reflected on the 40th anniversary, how the story of the murders ignited a lifelong interest in “true crime” and criminal psychology, and how my … Continue reading
August 11, 2014
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Comments Off on Re-post: Coming Down Fast: The Manson Murders’ 40 Year Aftermath, Pt. 1
Editor’s note: This weekend was the 45th anniversary of the Manson Family murders. Five years ago, reflected on the 40th anniversary, how the story of the murders ignited a lifelong interest in “true crime” and criminal psychology, and how my … Continue reading
July 17, 2014
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Comments Off on Arrested for Being Too Poor To Afford Child Care
There’s no margin of error for low-income working parents. There’s no “plan B,” because there’s barely enough resources for “plan A.” If just one thing goes wrong, “plan A” crashes and burns, taking the rest of someone’s life with it. Continue reading
June 5, 2014
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Comments Off on How The Right Shoots Down Political Discourse
Guns — their presence, and all it portends — are increasingly invading every corner of our every day lives. They have morphed into a form of symbolic speech that threatens to shoot down our political discourse. Continue reading
May 7, 2014
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Comments Off on Why The Lawlessness At Bundy’s Ranch Must Not Stand
Right-wing lawlessness continues at Cliven Bundy’s ranch, where supporters who were itching to shoot police officers and federal agents, nearly shot each other. Now citizens want the “militia” out. Can this thing end without bloodshed? Continue reading
May 2, 2014
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Comments Off on Bundy’s “Militia” Is Lawlessness of a Different Color
At what point do armed citizens consider themselves the law, based on little more than their numbers and their guns? The latest news from Bundy Ranch, raises this and many other questions, Continue reading
February 28, 2014
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Comments Off on Colonized Minds: Anti-Gay Laws in Arizona, Kansas, Uganda And Beyond
Arizona and Uganda are nine thousand miles apart, but they were side by side in the news this week, due to extremist anti-gay laws that spring from and are supported by the religious right. Continue reading
February 21, 2014
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Comments Off on Clarence Thomas, Jordan Davis, And America’s “Sensitivity” About Race, Pt. 2
Even before Michael Dunn encountered Jordan Davis and his friends, he was primed to see young black men as dangerous “thugs” that should be eliminated, and empowered by right-wing culture to believe he had the absolute right to do so. Continue reading
February 20, 2014
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Comments Off on Clarence Thomas, Jordan Davis, And America’s “Sensitivity” About Race, Pt. 1
Clarence Thomas says that Americans are too sensitive about race. The killing of Jordan Davis, and a jury’s failure to convict his killer, speaks volumes about the true state of America’s racial sensitivity, and indifference to the lives of young black men. Continue reading
February 12, 2014
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Comments Off on The First Openly Gay Eagle Scout May Soon Be Out Of Scouting
As of Monday night, a Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly,courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty,brave, clean, reverent, gay, and can even achieve the rank of Eagle Scout. Unbeknownst to me, sometime last night Boy Scout Troop 52 announced that 17-year-old Pascal Tessier … Continue reading
January 13, 2014
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New Jersey governor Chris Christie’s George Washington Bridge scandal confirms the worst concerns about his leadership, and the soul of the GOP that until recently seemed ready to embrace him as its best hope for 2016. Continue reading