Anti-Pundit Punditry
None of the best moments of American history – from Lexington's green, to Gettysburg, to the beaches of Normandy, to Selma – were about inflation, or the price of gas. They were about standing up for a set of ideals.
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Voting
America is overstuffed with poser hacks who don't really believe the lies they tell. They are making the assumption that people are too ignorant of the facts about who has been shafting them, and how.
Courage and Cowardice
OK. Good for DeWine. But here's the thing: He is still endorsing Ramaswamy. A man DeWine himself says has run a lying, vile, smear that attacks a child victim of sexual abuse is just the kind of man DeWine wants to be the next governor of Ohio.
Getting Off the Bench
Given all that, I figured I had better get off the bench, too. In this moment, America can't afford to have anybody on the bench.
Socialism for Whom?
The whole idea of bestowing socialism on corporations while forcing everybody else to engage in cutthroat capitalism has backfired over and over.
The Ideology of Education
About four months ago, I wrote about the charter schools of Chester, Pennsylvania, where most of my forthcoming book, The Mayor, takes place. I'm doing it again now because big news broke this week.
The Power of "No"
But in the words of B.B. King, the thrill is gone. From my long-view perspective on the changes I've witnessed, we are now in an existential battle for everything we say we value.
Local
Smaller places can rot with undiscovered corruption just like big places can, and those smaller places need reporters.
Safety
We live in a security nation now. We are supposed to be afraid of everything, all the time, and so give up much of what makes life worth living for the blessing of "safety."
Labor Day
We are killing ourselves with efficiency. We are killing our culture, our society, our communities.
Stephen Miller's Nightmare
And here's the thing I want to tell you: These people are fired up and angry and ready to go to the mat. Even better, in Trump country, the scales are beginning to fall from eyes.
Socialist Demons
It was just a small election for a supervisor seat in a suburban Pennsylvania township. But what happened in Towamencin Township almost three years ago was a harbinger for right now.
Keith
People will die because of this. And not only will people die, but hospitals are at risk of dying, too, because when people lose this coverage, they go to ERs for care, and then don't pay the hospital because they don't have the money.
Private v. Public
The people in that photo above, with the gray hair and the dad pants? They stood up, fought back, and, so far, they've won.