Commentary
Articles commenting on current events, issues, and persons from a progressive viewpoint.

One Christian’s post mortem on the 2024 election and beyond
The “dark times” are here. How shall we respond?
Our shared custody agreement
We now share custody of our country with Mr. Trump and his voters. This is how we survive it.

The Democratic Party’s relationship with its voters has turned spammy and abusive
In recent elections (including the last one), the party retreated into its usual beltway isolation and re-adopted its prior strategy of listening to wealthy donors often and campaign volunteers never


An Irish journalist calls our election pivotal
Calls Trump a “world historical personage,” and predicts what Trump’s second term will be like

It’s time for Resistance
“So forget, for a moment, what you think Democrats should do. Think instead about what you should do.”

“Monday morning quarterbacking” the 2024 election
The pundits are at it again – and getting it wrong, again

5 dumb conspiracy theories conservatives actually believe
It’s what watching Fox and One America News will do to your ability to discern bull pucky.


History professor: Trump and Maga will try to create a dictatorship
“I think the question of how bad it gets is to some degree up to us.”

Best way to fight MAGA? Give them what they claim they want
You want “prayer back in the schools”? Let’s get ALL the prayers back in schools, then.

Loyalty to Trump, and only to Trump
Swearing an oath to the Constitution is so out-of-date.

Why I’m no longer worried about Trump
His Clown Cabinet is too incompetent and clueless to actually put fascism in place.