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Seven Cases of Coronavirus Likely Due to Wisconsin Primary Voting
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Three Satirists Walk into a Daily White House Press Briefing
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Bernie is Out, So Biden is In, And Bernie Endorsed Biden, So Bernie is, like, SO OUT!
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They’re Having Problems Down in Florida: Satirical Poem
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Limerick: To Pray in the Pub
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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 expected. And it seems there are limits to… Read More ›
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Now that Warren is Out, Vote Joe Biden Because He Cries in Public
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The Poll (a poem)
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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 Vegas proved that Warren the candidate came back… Read More ›
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Dem Primary: “Look! A Billionaire vs. a Socialist!”
Democrats in 2019, to beat Trump in 2020: “Biden or Warren?” Biden, according to polls, beats Trump by the largest margin, especially in crucial swing states. Warren, however, is more liberal, intellectual, younger, has excellent grasp of policy and many… Read More ›
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The Pacific Returns for 2020
After a long retreat, a deep ebb tide of silence, the Pacific blog returns to regular publication for this momentous political year. The Pacific will remain “a still small voice” in the vast ocean of digital detritus, providing discriminating readers… Read More ›
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John Bolton’s Wars (a poem)
If Rudy* is a “hand grenade”*Why did Bolton* send his aideTo disarm the whole charadeWhile Bolton lounges in the shade? Well, that is how his wars are made:From the safety of Bolton’s brain. Note: *Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of NYC… Read More ›
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Playing God (satirical poem)
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A Conservative Intellectual (satirical poem)
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Why I am a “bleeding-heart liberal”
To be “liberal” is to be “open to new ideas” and “favourable to or respectful of individual rights and freedoms.” Given the above definition, can a true liberal be a promoter or defender of that most ancient flaw of humanity–war?… Read More ›
Featured Categories
feminism ›
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Defend Liberty? Tell the Saudis (and Trump) to Release Women’s Rights Activists
May 19, 2020
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Much Ado About Legs and “Leggings”
March 26, 2017
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Rumple Oxbridge: “Breasting Men”
December 30, 2014
Human Rights ›
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Loujain al-Hathloul, Saudi Activist for Women’s Rights, Released– But U.S. Must Keep Up Pressure on Saudi Arabia
February 12, 2021
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Dear Democrats: A Letter for Peace in the Middle East
June 23, 2020
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Gnostic Nonsense: The New Homophobia
May 22, 2020
Literary ›
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To Honor Poetry on World Poetry Day, Help Imprisoned Poets Across the Globe
March 21, 2018
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William Blake: “Auguries of Innocence”
November 28, 2017
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Rumple Oxbridge: “On Pornography”
April 10, 2017
Nature ›
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Clean Water Victory: Supreme Court Rules Against Hawaii Polluter and Trump Administration
April 23, 2020
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More Than 300,000 March for Action on Climate Change in NY
September 22, 2014
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Celebrating World Shorebirds Day
September 5, 2014
poems ›
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The Poll (a poem)
February 23, 2020
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John Bolton’s Wars (a poem)
October 24, 2019
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As If a Cell Can Bar a Soul (a poem)
March 21, 2018
Pro-Peace ›
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Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Becomes International Law
January 22, 2021
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Why I am a “bleeding-heart liberal”
September 17, 2018
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In the Aftermath of Dropping the “MOAB” Bomb on Afghanistan
April 15, 2017
Religion ›
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Schwartz: How Catholic Natural Law Was Converted to American Illiberal Dogma
February 6, 2021
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U.S. Catholic Bishops Trying to Cancel President Biden
January 30, 2021
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The Novelist & the President: what a true democracy is
October 13, 2015
Satires ›
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President Biden Finds a Note in the Oval Office: Satirical Poem
January 20, 2021
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Trump to President Xi: Satirical Poem
June 22, 2020
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Three Satirists Walk into a Daily White House Press Briefing
April 14, 2020
Wisconsin ›
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As Trump Departs, Lessons from the MAGA Madness
January 19, 2021
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Seven Cases of Coronavirus Likely Due to Wisconsin Primary Voting
April 21, 2020
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House Speaker Ryan offers no “alternative” except a worse one
December 4, 2015