GUEST COMMENTARY - In 1936 at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia, Franklin Delano Roosevelt told a cheering crowd that the only way to redeem the country from the Great Depression was by defeating the “economic royalists” who controlled the economy and sought “control over government itself.”
VOICES
Eve’s Choice: Patriarchy No Longer Rules
ROE V WADE - “Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.’” — Genesis 2:18. RSV
Equality: A Message to my Daughters
ONE MORE THING - We are in the midst of Primaries and even though the emphasis on the Supreme Court leak is not the lead story for the media anymore, it hasn’t disappeared.
Why Would Whites Fear That They Will be Replaced?
THE VIEW FROM HERE - “In a week, American voters can do to white nationalists what they fear most.
Making “Impregnators” Pay Their Fair Share
GUEST COMMENTARY - Long before a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion revealed that by summer Roe v. Wade will likely be overturned, only pregnant people bore the burden of pregnancy—not just physically, but also financially.
Neofascist Minority Rule by the GOP Is Laying Waste to the United States
POLITICAL LANDSCAPE - Minority rule is killing America.
Beware America: Our Democracy is on the Edge
GUEST COMMENTARY - I only echo the voices of thousands who sounded the alarm before me, but then again it cannot be said enough.
Why Should We the People Respect a Court That Subverts the Will of the People?
SCOTUS JUSTICE - When Supreme Court member Justice Samuel Alito's secret plan for canceling the constitutional right of women to end their pregnancies leaked out to the public, Republican politicos went ballistic! Over the leak, that is.
Between the Stupid and the Evil
GUEST COMMENTARY - So said the late conservative journalist M Stanton Evans, It is commonplace, even among Republicans, to label the Republicans ‘the stupid party’, while lambasting the Democrats as ‘the evil party’.
California’s Most Unlikely Philanthropist is Starting A New Chapter
MAKING A DIFFERENCE - Among the thousands of students graduating from San Diego State this weekend is one of California’s youngest and most unlikely philanthropists.
Do Not Yank Their Chains
THE VIEW FROM HERE - We now know that Dylann Roof was an all-around tragedy.
Does The Constitution Screw California?
GUEST COMMENTARY - So, when does MSNBC talking head and former US Senate staffer and hit show West Wing writer-producer Lawrence O’Donnell call for a referendum to call a Constituent Assembly to re-write the 18th century aristo-republican charter that disastrously governs US politics and policy in the 21st Century United States?