Tag Archives: Rachel Maddow
I voted
Yesterday I received my ballot. Today, I filled it in, signed and dated it and hand-carried it to the post office, just because I felt like it. And it pleased me. Of course, I’ve been reading and hearing about the … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 presidential campaign, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trump Stuff, voting rights
Tagged Louis DeJoy, mail delivery in NYC, New York Philharmonic, Rachel Maddow, USPS, voting, voting by mail
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I can’t pray for Alexey Navalny but I can do this
I don’t believe in anybody’s god and I certainly don’t believe in prayer. But I do believe in Alexey Navalny and am horribly upset that this remarkably courageous person (with a sense of humor, yet) has probably been poisoned, probably … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life, voting rights
Tagged Alexey Navalny, Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, Putin, Rachel Maddow, Russian oppression
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Pundit or expert: a top-notch definition
Chapter 5 of How I Learned The Facts of Life is “Pundits and clairvoyants and the facts of life.” In it, I do my own little definitions of pundits and experts. (Clairvoyants need no definition, although I slap at a … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 presidential campaign, American fascism, Law, suits and order, Politics, Racism, The Facts of Life, Trump Stuff
Tagged American fascism, Lawrence O'Donnell, Neal Katyal, Portland, Rachel Maddow
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