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The wisdom of common people

You don’t have to be president or a leader of Congress, a governor, or the mayor of a large city to speak to the nationĢƵ needs right now, to give voice to our highest and best aspirations as a nation and as individuals.And as President Trump demonstrates almost daily, being in a position ...

RFK and two years on the brink

More and more 2020 is resembling 1968, a year of war, riots, and political divisions so extreme it seemed at times that the country could not survive.Like 1968, 2020 is drenched in blood and bewilderment.Of course, the particulars are different.March 1968 started with the assassination of ...

The unconventional 2020 Conventions

Our major party conventions aren’t what they used to be. That much was evident at last weekĢƵ covid-19-shaped virtual gathering of Democrats.From the goose-bump-raising presentation of the Star Spangled Banner at its opening and the travel-wishful roll call of the states on Tuesday to vivid ...

‘We can overcome’ … together

We all know people who don’t vote. People who say their one vote won’t count for much - a spritz of water in an ocean of votes, a crumb, if you will.And we all know people who say they don’t vote because Democratic and Republican politicians are the same: they’re all crooks, they’re ...

Why John L. Lewis still matters

John Lewis just died. John L. Lewis died decades ago.John Lewis was a congressman and a hero of the civil rights movement. John L. Lewis was the longtime president of the United Mine Workers and a champion of the working-class.John Lewis was born in Georgia. John L. Lewis was born in Iowa. John ...

The White House is now off-limits

In the aftermath of America going to war seven decades ago, presidential secretary Grace Tully reported for work at the White House on December 8, 1941, to find the place transformed.“The grounds were under guard of a special detachment of Military Police,” she would write, “and sentry ...