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As Trump Departs, Lessons from the MAGA Madness

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Not long after America chose Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton way back in November of 2016, Trump and […]

January 19, 2021 Politics, Uncategorized, Wisconsin

The Pacific Blog Returns! Long Live The Pacific!

It’s a new year and, starting tomorrow, the United States will have a new (and actually effective) president […]

January 19, 2021 Uncategorized

Defending the Letter “On Justice and Open Debate” in Harper’s Magazine

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On July 7th, Harper’s Magazine published a letter on its website that was signed by more than a […]

July 12, 2020 Uncategorized

Higher Education: Time to Disrupt the Digital Disruptors

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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.

May 13, 2020 Education, Uncategorized

Warren is Back. Cheers!

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After the media and Democratic voters of Iowa and New Hampshire sent Senator Elizabeth Warren out to get […]

February 20, 2020 Uncategorized

The Pacific Returns for 2020

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After a long retreat, a deep ebb tide of silence, the Pacific blog returns to regular publication for […]

February 15, 2020 Uncategorized

John Bolton’s Wars (a poem)

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If Rudy* is a “hand grenade”*Why did Bolton* send his aideTo disarm the whole charadeWhile Bolton lounges in […]

October 24, 2019 Foreign Policy, poems, Poetry, Political Ditties, Uncategorized

The Human Wall (a poem)

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Because no one will pay to build His WALL– Not Mexico, not Congress, not even the Wall Street […]

April 5, 2018 Couplets, Poetry, Uncategorized

Couplets: “Trump’s Spin Cycle”

Trump’s Spin Cycle “There is no Chaos, only great Energy!” Said the guy trapped in the washing machine.

March 7, 2018 Couplets, Uncategorized

Introducing Rhymed Couplets in honor of the Trump Administration . . .

“Tough Love” Trump will issue tariffs in “a very loving way.” (He thinks that we will love him […]

March 6, 2018 Couplets, Poetry, Uncategorized

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

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  By Rumple Oxbridge, liberal lyricist It’s sad to see, the president said, knocking down our metal-molded racist […]

August 17, 2017 Political Ditties by Rumple Oxbridge, Uncategorized

The Pacific Letting the Naturally Satirical Material in Washington, D.C. Speak for Itself

The Pacific regrets it will not be posting much satire for the next few days due to the reality […]

May 12, 2017 Uncategorized

Rumple Oxbridge: “Liberal Verse is No Crime”

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By Rumple Oxbridge, liberal lyricist A journalist of the conservative type has branded my satirical prayer “a crime against […]

May 10, 2017 Political Ditties by Rumple Oxbridge, Uncategorized

After Paris terrorist attack, it’s either war or “appeasement” many say

Arguing against military retaliation/intervention is not appeasement or surrender; it is an attempt to limit violence everywhere . . .

November 16, 2015 Foreign Policy, Militarism, Terrorism, Uncategorized

WI Republicans in Wonderland

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(Drawing by John Tenniel [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons) “It’s the stupidest tea-party I ever was at in all […]

May 8, 2015 Uncategorized

Let Them Eat Lobster

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(Photo by schooner guest [Attribution], via Wikimedia Commons) By John Kaufman Wisconsin’s GOP-controlled Assembly is assembling two bills […]

May 2, 2015 Uncategorized

The War On Hillary’s Ovaries

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(Photo by U.S Government [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2010. Photo taken at […]

April 29, 2015 Uncategorized

“An Eclogue” by Kenyon Cox

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(“An Eclogue” by Kenyon Cox 1856-1919 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.)

April 22, 2015 Art, Uncategorized

Wisconsin: An Investor-Owned State

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(Cartoon by Udo J. Keppler (a.k.a. Joseph Keppler, Jr.; 1872-1956), cartoonist [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. “Wall Street […]

April 17, 2015 Uncategorized

Cartoon: “Cruzing to Coverage” by Khalil Bendib

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By Khalil Bendib via OtherWords.com  (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/)

April 8, 2015 Uncategorized

“Wisconsin is Open for Business” Lobbyists or Welcome to North Texas

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(Photo by By Jonathan McIntosh [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons) By John Kaufman We in Wisconsin owe […]

April 7, 2015 Uncategorized

“The Chancellor of Football State U.”

“We used to pay for education But it don’t pay to graduate A thinker now. No jobs, anyhow. […]

December 31, 2014 Uncategorized

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