Tag Archives: Zohran Mamdani

Want to shake up MAGA cultists? Ask them one question

Posted on June 5, 2026 by Naomi

“Were you abused verbally and/or physically when you were a kid?” How did I come to this question? Back in the 70’s when, for reasons I’m not now sure of, I was reading a lot of psychopathology tomes, I got … Continue reading →

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What’s been going on in Texas?

Posted on November 12, 2025 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, threatened to impose a 100 percent tariff on New Yorkers moving to Texas after the mayoral elections. And… [T]he squirrel Chunkosaurus Rex, of Dinosaur Valley State Park, won Texas’s inaugural … Continue reading →

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A profound and sort of shattering observation about political heroes

Posted on November 3, 2025 by Naomi

It is surely no accident that many of the twentieth century’s most beloved liberation heroes are men like [Martin Luther] King and [Mohandas] Gandhi, who retain their unsullied reputations in part because they never had to govern. –From “Pan-Africanism and … Continue reading →

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