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How Democrats can still protect reproductive rights and the planet
I have no patience for all the handwringing by Democratic lawmakers in Washington over the Supreme Court’s regressive decisions on abortion and the c…
3 years, 6 months ago
On this July 4: The true meaning of patriotism
On this Fourth of July, it's worth pondering the true meaning of American patriotism.
It is not the meaning propounded by the “America First” crowd, …
3 years, 6 months ago
How do we tame a rogue Supreme Court?
My informal weekly coffee with Heather Lofthouse (Executive Director of Inequality Media Civic Action and my former student), discussing the past wee…
3 years, 6 months ago
The fate of the world
Friends,
I recently gave a lecture to students who were considering careers in public service, either in the public sector or in nonprofits. My lectur…
3 years, 6 months ago
The beginning of the end of regulation
Today the Supreme Court — again, with the 6 Republican appointees on one side and the 3 Democratic appointees on the other — limited the Environmenta…
3 years, 6 months ago
Trumpism and the myth of the "free market"
The January 6 committee continues to do an excellent job exposing Donald Trump’s attempted coup. But, as I’ve noted, the question remains: why have s…
3 years, 6 months ago
Cassidy Hutchinson's chilling testimony
After today’s explosive testimony by Cassidy Hutchinson — who served as chief assistant to Mark Meadows and was literally and figuratively in the mid…
3 years, 6 months ago
The roots of Trumpism (Part 1)
Donald Trump’s legacy — a proto-fascist movement we might call Trumpism — includes a Supreme Court rapidly taking America backwards, state legislatur…
3 years, 6 months ago
When I was Baby Jesus
When I was in kindergarten in 1951, I was the shortest kid in all of Lewisboro Elementary School, Public School #1. Not surprisingly, perhaps, I was …
3 years, 6 months ago
The rogue court and the fight ahead
Friends,
Like many of you, I found it a difficult weekend. As Friday’s decision by the six Republican nominees on the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v.…
3 years, 6 months ago