Politics
A Word In Edgewise: O Tempora, O Mores!
In August, 2010, I was delighted to write here that California U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker had ruled unconstitutional…
Cleve Jones: ‘I’m not looking for allies; I’m looking for co-conspirators.’
“We’ve certainly achieved a number of really important victories that I was not certain I would see in my lifetime,”…
Skirting the Issues: Relentless
In mid-October, the Texas legislature passed HB25, a law that bans transgender students from competing in K-12 sports according to…
A Word In Edgewise: Butterfly Wings Beating Ever Louder
How did you prepare for Y2K? Did you know someone who could take “What if’s?” exponentially higher than a moon…
A Word In Edgewise: Another “Sorry” Situation
Some people can say egregious things and be remembered warmly for decades, quoted with a chuckle like Yogi Berra’s sage…
Minnesota Black History, Part II
Tracing back: Modern consequences of antiquated enactments The latest Census Bureau data shows that of Minnesota’s 5.6 million residents, about…
A Word In Edgewise: Ratiocination or Lizard Hind-Brain: What’s Your Pleasure?
Photo by BigStock/volodymyrscherbak In 1374, along the Rhine valley, hundreds of townsfolk danced compulsively–non-stop, for days–to exhaustion, even death. The…
A Word In Edgewise: Freely-Given, or Gelt-Gaining?
Photo by Bigstock/TungCheung “Pardon me!” “I beg your pardon!” were phrases drilled into to me from childhood. Simple politeness. One…
Skirting the Issues: The Common Good
Photo by Bigstock/PathDoc When I was a kid growing up in the 1960s and early ‘70s, I believed that who…
Top 10 Cultural Moments of 2020
Listen, we all know that 2020 was awful. It was garbage, a dumpster fire; a trash heap…. whatever way you…
