Once upon a time, in a sane nation far far away, when both political parties loathed fascism in all forms, the GOP was led by a guy who lauded democracy and vowed that the fallen soldiers who’d defended it did not die in vain. Those were the days, my friend. We...
By Chris Satullo A while back, I received a group email from someone whom I have to deal with on a regular basis. A propos of nothing, this person opened his email by saying he hoped everyone was doing OK with “the China virus.” Amazingly, appallingly, this was about...
John Warner, a Republican who served in the U.S. Senate for 30 years and died yesterday at 94 in his home state of Virginia, said this about his Democratic colleagues: “We had political disagreements and fought on the Senate floor. But at day’s end we...
The news that a grand jury is meeting to weigh criminal evidence against Donald Trump and his corporate compadres seems wonderful indeed. At first glance, anyway. Lest we forget, the guy stands naked. He has no presidency to protect him from prosecution. No pardon...
As the Senate vote on a Jan. 6 commission draws ever closer – with most Republicans behaving like see-no-evil monkeys, helping to seed the soil for a neo-fascist harvest – I listened with fresh ears to the climactic testimony delivered by Burt Lancaster in...
