So I listened to a bit of NPR’s special coverage of Trump announcing Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the supreme court, and then I google’d how bad could amy coney barret really be, and found these things. The first one is my hope, that someone who is a judge, and invested in the law, will … [Read more…]
We are having a typical Madison, Wisconsin problem – two nice liberals running against each other for mayor, and it’s hard to follow one of the rules for radicals, “Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.” Sam Brown, The Washington Post (26 January 1977), because the differences between the candidates … [Read more…]
How does this happen, I think I am writing more, and then I look back at postings and I haven’t done anything for almost a week. I got a new iPhone on Thursday and I’ve been getting all my apps and preferences back to what I’m used to, so I guess I could say that’s … [Read more…]
I’ve been making a list of the things I expect our president elect to do away with. Of course, the big and most serious one is Obamacare, otherwise known as health insurance for millions of people. The thing that burns me is that the Republicans keep touting health savings accounts as the answer – but … [Read more…]
I usually don’t get too political in this space, but this morning my first update from the New York Times was to say that Clinton and Trump are tied. Utterly horrifying to me, because I’m sure that any success Trump’s enjoying is based on hatred and fear and racism, pretty much the same as Brexit. … [Read more…]