Defeating Trump is Not Enough
He's gotta go, of course. But Donald The Dictator’s raptorial reign is far from the only damage being done to our democracy.
Impeachment is a Rabbit Hole
It’s a safe bet that more people want Trump out of office than want him in. Hell, that was true on Election Day 2016. But he’s in there now, doing his best to bankrupt the country, both monetarily and morally. The Science Fiction writer in me
My Dream Candidate Doesn’t Exist
Sigh… More than twenty Democrats are running for president, and none of them will stuff Trump’s hairpiece down his throat—the one thing I would pay to see. Call me a single-issue donor; I’m searching for a unicorn. And BTW: the extinct Siberian Unicorn above is
Government Run as a Business?
By Steve Schlich — My premise is brutal: business is a cross between a dictatorship and a junta …which makes government run as a business just plain fascist. If you think that’s too arbitrary a judgment, consider the bedrock principle of business: maximize income, minimize
A Toolbox for The Resistance
By Steve Schlich — Above: #PlaidShirtGuy mocks Trump at a Montana rally. He (and friends) were eventually shooed off-camera, but the video is internet-immortal.
How the Left is Losing …Its Mind
By Steve Schlich — Admit it: you’ve clicked on the link “How the Right Lost Its Mind” and read with anxious hope that somehow, naming the beast would slay it. Alas, my friends. The Right did indeed lose its mind, but that was years ago, and
Women’s Lives Matter
Above: Screen grab from a YouTube video of the 2018 Golden Globes on NBC. There are so many ways to be angry at Trump, and his minions, and Congressional Republicans who enable the horror that plays out daily on the news. A new offense every damn
Dotard vs. Rocket Man, and Other Feuds
Loser! The Tweet Defeat of Donald Trump did not begin with “Liddle’ Bob Corker” and his oh-so-devastating viral tweet: https://twitter.com/SenBobCorker/status/917045348820049920? Wham! Impressive. But first blood was drawn by a cruder, pudgier authoritarian with bigger Daddy issues than our president. And it came in a classically Trumpian confrontation: With a
Kneeling for Justice
By Steve Schlich — A lot of people think of our president as a divider, but last weekend he did a frightfully good job of uniting much of professional sports against him. Following his criticism of football player protests in general and Colin Kaepernick in
Guns Don’t Kill, Culture Does
Above: The car used as a murder weapon in Charlottesville. This freeze-frame photo is in the Public Domain. “…there are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill, and suspicion can destroy; and