Supporting Those Who Make Good Trouble
There are lots of folks who work to fight injustice, making the kind of “Good Trouble” that John Lewis embraced, who need our support. Here are a few, and you can add your own in the comments.
Author Archive for: Peterr
Entries by Peterr
Greg Abbott, King Herod, and December 28th
With Greg Abbott’s latest bus caravan for asylum seekers, you have to wonder if Abbott knows about a certain refugee family in the Bible.
Zelenskyy wasn’t the First Ukrainian President to Address a Joint Meeting of Congress
President Zelenskyy wasn’t the first Ukrainian president to address a joint meeting of Congress, but he sounded a lot like President Yushchenko did in 2005. Slava Ukraini, indeed.
Three Questions at the Start of an Intelligence Review
The intelligence review of of the Mar-a-Lago documents begins with three questions: Why did Trump take documents in the first place? Why these documents? Why not those?
What Family Rifts at Funerals can Teach Us About Pardoning Presidents
The House of Windsor is learning that healing a broken family takes honesty and hard work. We could learn from them in dealing with Trump.
That Bratt-I-Am, That Bratt-I-Am, I Do Not Like That Bratt-I-Am
In the far-away land of Mar-A-Lago
sits a once-vaunted leader, now brought very low.
And then come his lawyers, with news of a guest,
A visit un-looked for, unwelcome, unblessed. . . .
Merrick Garland Preaches to an Overseas Audience
Legal folks, politicians, media people, and ordinary Americans are watching the DOJ’s handling of the theft of documents from the White House. But around the world, a whole lot of others are watching as well, and how DOJ moves this case forward is critical to the future of US foreign policy.
Two Possible End Games in Ukraine
How does it end? A limited Russian victory in the Donbas? A negotiated cease fire of some kind? Perhaps, but there are two other possible end games that appear increasingly likely to me, though I don’t see anyone publicly talking about them.
“I Want to Thank My Two Closeted GOP Colleagues”
Amid all the speeches today as Democrats remembered last January 6th, Adam Schiff had some surprising words for two of his colleagues.
James Taylor, King Herod, and January 6th
But Herod’s always out there, he’s got our cards on file.
It’s a lead pipe cinch if we give an inch
That Herod likes to take a mile.
It’s best to go home by another way . . .
