CategoryPolitical Ditties

Rumple Oxbridge: “Ode About Not Missing Statues of Racist Generals”

By Rumple Oxbridge, liberal lyricist It’s sad to see, the president said, knocking down our metal-molded racist generals green with age. Once such men were all the rage, … Continue Reading Rumple Oxbridge: “Ode About Not Missing Statues of Racist Generals”

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Rumple Oxbridge: “Nuclear War Prayer?”

By Rumple Oxbridge, liberal lyricist A Reverend says that God has stated President Trump can blast to Hades anyone Trump thinks is evil. The Reverend points to the Bible … Continue Reading Rumple Oxbridge: “Nuclear War Prayer?”

Posted May 6, 20171 Comment Political Ditties

Rumple Oxbridge: “House GOP Prayer to Cut Health Care”

By Rumple Oxbridge, liberal rhymer Dear Lord on this National Day of Prayer help us give freedom from health care. Too long the wealthy have been bothered keeping their sisters and their brothers … Continue Reading Rumple Oxbridge: “House GOP Prayer to Cut Health Care”

The Nation

Keep the Blame Where It Belongs August 18, 2017

Leslie Savan In the aftermath of the violence in Charlottesville, too many media outlets used headlines that implied that both sides were at fault. The post Keep the Blame Where It Belongs appeared first on The Nation.

Leslie Savan

The Stain Steve Bannon Put on Donald Trump’s Presidency Cannot Be Washed Away August 18, 2017

John Nichols The White House chief strategist has had a profound influence on Trump and, tragically for America, that influence will linger. The post The Stain Steve Bannon Put on Donald Trump’s Presidency Cannot Be Washed Away appeared first on The Nation.

John Nichols

Trump’s White House Is Turning a Blind Eye to White-Supremacist Terrorism August 18, 2017

David Neiwert Right-wing extremists are behind numerous incidents of domestic terror, but the government has opted to ignore the threat. The post Trump’s White House Is Turning a Blind Eye to White-Supremacist Terrorism appeared first on The Nation.

David Neiwert

NY Review of Books

Charlottesville: Why Jefferson Matters August 19, 2017

It was not necessarily Thomas Jefferson himself, but the ideas associated with him that mattered that night in Charlottesville, and warranted forming a protective barrier around his statue on the University of Virginia campus. I have no doubt that the people trying to keep the tiki torchers away from the statue know about the problematic aspects of Jefferson […]

Annette Gordon-Reed

In the Flower Garden of the Brain August 18, 2017

It wasn’t until the late nineteenth century that brain structures began to be uncovered, by a Spanish microscopist called Santiago Ramón y Cajal. As an undergraduate in neuroscience and then medicine I was given Cajal’s drawings to study—they have a timeless elegance and enduring value for students. A new book, The Beautiful Brain, collects some of his fines […]

Gavin Francis

Loving the Vicious Race August 17, 2017

Even those with no interest in bike racing might try watching the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and the Vuelta a España, which starts on August 19, on television: they are the best possible travelogues, with aerial shots of three countries ravishingly beautiful in different ways, landscape of mountains and valleys, meadows and vineyards, castles, cathed […]

Geoffrey Wheatcroft

Foreign Policy in Focus

Breaking America’s Cold War Addiction in Korea August 18, 2017

The same risk of nuclear miscalculation that haunted U.S.-Soviet relations still hovers over the Korean peninsula.

Suzy Kim

Please Don’t Bring Muslims Into Charlottesville August 18, 2017

From Barcelona to Charlottesville, there’s an obvious double standard in how Trump treats terrorism. But let’s be careful how we talk about it.

Domenica Ghanem

Mulligan in Afghanistan August 9, 2017

Trump applies the rules of his golf game to foreign policy.

John Feffer