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John Kaufman
Defending the Letter “On Justice and Open Debate” in Harper’s Magazine
On July 7th, Harper’s Magazine published a letter on its website that was signed by more than a hundred prominent writers, scholars, intellectuals and leaders of organizations. Most prominent among the prominent […]
Dear Democrats: A Letter for Peace in the Middle East
If the Democratic Party and its presidential nominee, Joe Biden, have a weak spot, it is their general fondness –since the debacle of the Vietnam War– for military solutions and support, including […]
Trump to President Xi (satirical couplet)
“Trump told Xi that Americans were clamoring for him to change the constitutional rules to serve more than two terms.” –Washington Post Trump to President Xi “They want me to stay president […]
Protest Shakes the Poetry Foundation
In standing against injustice, we must use language carefully and fairly, lest we find ourselves speaking and acting unjustly.
In Defense of Speaking the Liberal We
Here at The Pacific, we (speaking figuratively, for I am but one writer) want to make a statement in defense of liberal democracy, courageous journalism and freedom of speech or, more poetically, […]
No More Nuclear Weapons Testing!
Being the only nation that has actually used a nuclear weapon and the world’s largest democracy. . . the U.S., it seems to me, should be the first of the “nuclear club” nations to sign the TPNW and destroy its nuclear weapons.
A Patriot : a political poem
“Since that 2016 gaffe
I’ve flown a flag always half-staff…”
Gnostic Nonsense: The New Homophobia
It was a shock for me to learn, right off the bat, that America is now in a “post-Christian” age, what with all the Christians in the country and talk of Christianity still going on, on Twitter and off.
Defend Liberty? Tell the Saudis (and Trump) to Release Women’s Rights Activists
There is, fortunately, a much better way for defenders of democracy and freedom fighters everywhere to make their liberty-loving presence known: tell the Saudi government to release all the women’s rights activists it has imprisoned on trumped-up charges.
Higher Education: Time to Disrupt the Digital Disruptors
Unfortunately, we in the United States have allowed our system of higher education to be infiltrated by the demands of economic priority to a remarkable degree.
Clean Water Victory: Supreme Court Rules Against Hawaii Polluter and Trump Administration
But why is it “bizarre” to take into consideration how groundwater moves over time? What’s bizarre is to allow any pollution of our groundwater at all by a big, industrial source.
Seven Cases of Coronavirus Likely Due to Wisconsin Primary Voting
As of this moment there has been no response, no few words of contrition, from the Wisconsin GOP regarding those voters sickened during the in-person voting in Milwaukee
Three Satirists Walk into a Daily White House Press Briefing
“Thank you all for coming, like dogs, again today. And thanks for agreeing to purchase and wear my latest campaign hat with the slogan, “Making Media Grovel Again.”
Bernie is Out, So Biden is In, And Bernie Endorsed Biden, So Bernie is, like, SO OUT!
From what I’ve viewed on Twitter, maturity and nuance regarding Biden (and even the former hero, Sanders) from the fingers of disgruntled progressives is scarce.
“They’re Having Problems Down in Florida”: Trump’s Corona Blues
They’re having problems down in Florida.
They gettin’ corona blues from the New Yorkas.
Coronavirus: Must we do nothing or be lockeddown? Some say there is a middle way…
How best to put an end to the Covid-19 pandemic? At the moment, after an irresponsibly late start, many countries in Europe and the United States are attempting various extreme forms of […]
Limerick: To Pray in the Pub
There was an old man named O’Pious
Life in a Time of Covid-19: Local, Private Joys and Separate Politics
We are now in a time of public collapse, known as “social distancing.” Perhaps anti-social distancing is a more accurate label. Our global economy is proving to be more fragile than we […]
Now that Warren is Out, Vote Joe Biden Because He Cries in Public
If we can’t have Liz Warren, let’s elect a president who emotes and cries.
The Poll (a poem)
I polled myself–a single throng–…
Warren is Back. Cheers!
After the media and Democratic voters of Iowa and New Hampshire sent Senator Elizabeth Warren out to get coffee for the cream of the Democratic Primary, the debate last night in Las […]
