Have you read the Amnesty International report on human rights abuses in...
Amnesty International Report on Human Rights Abuses in Ferguson, MOI don't think I need to detail Amnesty International's widely respected pedigree here. Suffice it to say that the human rights...
View ArticleThe KKK is using the Michael Brown protests to recruit
This is probably no surprise to the regulars who frequent this board, but the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (TAKKKK), a group classified as an 'Active Hate Group' by the Southern...
View ArticleHas the KKK infiltrated and compromised the Michael Brown investigation?
Up until now, I have focused most of my ire about the investigation into Michael Brown's homicide in Ferguson by police officer Darren Wilson upon St. Louis County DA Bob McCulloch's unorthodox...
View ArticleChris Hedges and Charlie Hebdo: An Alternate Take
I'm not sure how this community feels about Chris Hedges. He has published a powerful piece on Truthdig.com about the Charlie Hebdo attacks that I think deserves to be read and debated here. The piece...
View ArticleFreud and Jung and what they might tell us about this : a question,...
I have been mulling in the back of my mind the insights of Freud and C.G. Jung as I have watched the current campaigns play out. Watching Trump’s victory speech after South Carolina pushed these...
View ArticleBeyond November
As I write, it appears as if the American body politic has successfully inoculated itself against the pestilence that is Trump and Trumpism. If the aggregate of the various public opinion polls is to...
View ArticleA Question We Should All Ask Ourselves
I have started a version of this diary many times, many false starts and no easy path to conclusion. This morning, I woke up and discarded my complicated thesis-building and decided to start by asking...
View ArticleGoodbye to the alt-Left (and all that)
I have a confession to make: I have flirted with the radical left for quite some time, even after the flameout of Bernie Sanders’‘social democrat’ campaign for the Democratic Party nomination. What...
View ArticleSecretary Clinton and the Media: A Necessary Evil?
Here’s an interesting thought experiment for you: would you rather have no media coverage whatsoever of Secretary Clinton’s campaign or the biased, sexist and frankly misogynist coverage that passes...
View ArticleThis should send shivers down the spine
I don't think I need to spell out in great detail the ways the FBI has tipped its hand as to which candidate it favors. From the latest installment in the Hillary Clinton email server saga, to the...
View ArticleWhat I posted for my former and current international students
I posted this PSA a short while ago on my FaceBook page.PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTTo My Current and Former StudentsAmerica has long had a tradition of "equal protection under the law," meaning that...
View ArticleEmail to my sixth-grade student today
This is a copy of an email I have written, but not yet sent, to a sixth-grade student whom I am tutoring in writing. M~ is an incredibly gifted and talented writer for her age and I’m trying to build...
View ArticleAre you kidding me? Trump and Pence must be booed at every public appearance....
Jesus, these fuckwads want to bring back torture and people are worried about what booing them will look like? Are you fucking kidding me? Trump and Pence must be booed loud and long at every single...
View ArticleThe hearing before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals was amazing!
This has to have been the most fascinating hour of my life spent on legal matters since the Clarence Thomas hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee so many years ago. The U.S. Attorney Flentje...
View ArticleMea Culpa: I forgot to vote in yesterday's election in Los Angeles.
I planned to vote yesterday. There were a couple ballot measures (“S” to restrict development and “H” to add a 0.25% local sales tax for homeless relief) that I wanted to vote for. And I remembered...
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