Q-Anon and Other Famously American Cults
Last night’s PBS News Hour included a segment on the family carnage that has been wrought by Q-Anon, specifically in the way some family members feel they can no longer…
Month: May 2021
The Value of Even the Tiniest Ceasefire
Throughout my lifetime (rapidly approaching seven full decades) the term “Middle East” has been synonymous with any problem that has become intractable to the point of hatred and war. I…
WWTD?
Spirited Reasoners of my generation will remember the many bracelets and t-shirts we saw, especially during the 1990s, with the acronym WWJD, which stood for “What Would Jesus Do?” The…
The Big Lie
In a passionate op-ed published this past Wednesday in the Washington Post, Rep. Liz Cheney, Wyoming’s only member of the U. S. House of Representatives, had this to say: “I…
The ABCs of Redistricting (or How to Gerrymander Your Favorite Jurisdiction)
Every ten years, state legislatures across the United States use newly released Census data to redraw the lines that separate one Congressional district from another. Sounds easy at first blush….