Category Archives: Politics

Our country today, in two NYT headlines

Here’s What It Means to Be a Democratic Socialist Universal health care, taxing the wealthy and opposition to military aid to Israel are among the movement’s key tenets. Texas Public School Students May Soon Be Required to Read the Bible … Continue reading

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I can’t take “Groypers” seriously.

I’m supposed to, though. Especially, the Nazi-ish poseur-boys and how they say they regard Jews, like me. Should I be gasping, “oooh oooh I’m so scared”? The fierce intentions of the term, “groyper,” is diminished a lot by the sound … Continue reading

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I voted early. Here’s what I didn’t vote for

Not “who” I didn’t vote for, but what. As always, innundated with campaign brochures — my Congressional district has lots of people on the ballot — I developed a way of absorbing and evaluating certain attributes and ideas of candidates … Continue reading

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