One of the two historians I admire most in this moment in history is Timothy Snyder. If you don’t know his work, you are missing out on perspectives, contexts, and a view of living history that you NEED to pay attention to. His recent SubStack post really struck a chord for me. It poses a … Read more
Kari Lake’s recent announcement that she will run for the GOP nomination for the Senate race against Ruben Gallego and (presumably, but not certainly) Senator #SingleTermSinema, is the culmination of the radicalization and Trumpification (and death knell) of the AZGOP as an electoral force in AZ politics. You will recall that Kelli Ward, previously Chair … Read more
Kari Lake lost her final bid to overturn the AZ 2022 election of Katie Hobbs. The matter is sufficiently analyzed elsewhere that I don’t feel any need to do so here. I’ll just say that her legal team sunk any chance she might have had to meet their evidentiary burden when they decided to pursue … Read more
The Maga Extremist-Terrorists in the House of Representatives (officially known as the Republican Party) have passed on a 217 to 215 vote a Debt Limit increase with massive strings attached including: Repealing many of the Inflation Reduction Acts Clean Energy and Combatting Adverse Environmental Change provisions. Taking away the Internal Revenue Service increased enforcement tools … Read more
Movie buffs and political historians recognize the title of the 1915 DW Griffith film The Birth of a Nation. Originally titled the Clansman, the film, while an acknowledged triumph in filmmaking, wrongly stereotyped black people as ignorant, manipulative, and predators of white women. It also falsely glorified the racist Ku Klux Klan as a force … Read more