Politics and its Discontents

"...a president is fully above the law in the most dangerous kind of way. This is how democracies die.” - Former U.S. attorney Joyc...

To paraphrase George Bernard Shaw, "By George, I think Bill Maher's got it":

One of our much-vaunted attributes as a species is our resilience. Our ability to recover from trauma, tragedy and setbacks is the stuff of ...

Although the denunciations of Donald Trump from members of the GOP are welcome, the fact that they come from Jeff Flake and Bob Corker, two ...

Enjoy this searing indictment:

Thanks to my friend Gary, who sent me this:

Behold. UPDATE: Unless you can stand more of Paula White's sanctimonious and unhinged hypocrisy, I suggest you start the following a...

There are far too many perils facing the world today, both natural and unnatural.

In the months since the Orange Ogre became the American President, I am sure that, like me, many have become inured to his daily debasemen...

His denunciation is powerful and passionate. Watch as Keith Olbermann excoriates those who are aiding and abetting Trump's foul agenda. ...

Thanks to my friend Jonathan for sending this along:

Here we are in Canada, celebrating the Victoria Day long weekend. Meanwhile, in a land far, far away, sinister forces are at work: ...

These days I find myself writing less on this blog and curating interesting material more. In that spirit, I offer the following letters ...

Soon, one hopes, we will learn more.

The narrative of Russia's involvement in the U.S. presidential election continues to evolve:

Most right-thinking individuals (i.e., not Trump acolytes) would, I suspect, agree with David Gergen here.

In response to yesterday's post, The Salamander offered the following analysis, which I am featuring as a guest post: .. have a long...