Update: The just-released revised version of the Cassidy-Graham bill makes it even easier for states to do away with protections for people with pre-existing conditions, apparently in a vain effort to get support from Rand Paul and Ted Cruz. Just … Continue reading
One of the ways in which we’re getting better is the growing realization that pets are important to people, and authorities should not force people to abandon their pets in a natural disaster, even if the authorities themselves don’t care … Continue reading
David Wallace-Wells has an article in July 10 issue of New York magazine summarizing the best current knowledge about the consequences of doing nothing to address human-caused global warming. The magazine’s website has an updated and corrected copy of the … Continue reading
When Stephen Colbert shows a photo of someone in the news, he routinely gives an alternative description based on how they look in the picture, as in “Deputy Attorney General and man staring at you from the produce section Rod … Continue reading
Over the past few nights Jimmy Kimmel has had a lot of intelligent, well-informed, and sometimes funny things to say about the Cassidy-Graham healthcare bill, and the bill’s defenders have struck back with name-calling and falsehoods. Senator “John Kennedy” (R-Bizarro … Continue reading
You may recall that after Jimmy Kimmel’s newborn son nearly died in April, he talked tearfully about the experience when he was finally able to return to his show, and he added that nobody else’s child should die just because … Continue reading
When Stephen Colbert shows a photo of someone in the news, he routinely gives an alternative description based on how they look in the picture, as in “Commerce Secretary and Jeff Dunham puppet gone rogue Wilbur Ross.” Here’s a collection … Continue reading
A regular bit on Comedy Central’s Key & Peele show (which ran 2012-2015) featured Jordan Peele as the unfailingly level-headed President Obama and Keegan-Michael Key as Luther, whose job was to translate Obama’s calm remarks into something reflecting the anger, … Continue reading
Ta-Nehisi Coates has published a widely discussed article in The Atlantic Monthly titled “The First White President” about Donald Trump. I don’t entirely agree with what Coates has to say, but he certainly makes some valid points that are worth … Continue reading
I highly recommend “How Bullwinkle Taught Kids Sophisticated Political Satire,” an article by Beth Daniels posted September 7 at Smithsonian.com. It begins, “Mr. Chairman, I am against all foreign aid, especially to places like Hawaii and Alaska,” says Senator Fussmussen … Continue reading