Politics

Degenerate Art and the New Regime in Washington

There's a great exhibit on at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC:  Max Beckmann in New York It highlights…

7 years ago

Pandora and Her New Box

This 1809 cartoon by the political caricaturist James Gillray is in the National Portrait Gallery. London. It is entitled Pandora…

7 years ago

Stronger Together

On #VeteransDay #ArmisticeDay #RemembranceDay it is wise to reflect on what we fought and defeated in WW2. Trumpism is what…

7 years ago

Leadership, Problem-Solving, Compassion and Empathy

As Donald Trump spirals deeper into madness and depravity the toll on the collective psyche just grows. Fortunately help is…

8 years ago

The Frog Wars Have Begun #ImWithKer

And then of course there's #FeelTheKerm Kermit and Joey Say the Alphabet

8 years ago

An Election Season Briefing: Cultivating Optimism as a Habit of Mind

Earlier today, a friend posted on Facebook an article by Charlie Pierce, “This Thing Is Nowhere Near Over,” which sent…

8 years ago

The Poison of Projectile Politics

You've heard of projectile vomiting. It's when vomit exits the mouth with such force that it is propelled over a short…

8 years ago

Why Newsweek’s story on Trump’s worldwide financial dealings is THE story of this election, and how to give it legs

As I know a number of us are, I’m concerned not only by the lack of media coverage of the…

8 years ago

The Double-Down False Equivalency of the Eviscerated Dog Whistle Pivot

Every election cycle has its themes and a language all its own. Words and phrases rise up to capture the…

8 years ago

In Celebration of Labor Day

In celebration of Labor Day: It's Steel Workers 1939 by Philo B Ruggles and his brother John Ruggles, a study for…

8 years ago