SCOTUS on a roll
February 1, 2023
Six of them, five weird men�sexist to the angry core�and one fundamentalist woman�are geared up to punish unto � death women who like sex,�women who’ve been raped,�women who can’t feed… READ MORE
Article Author: Marge Piercy
They use their religion to kill
February 1, 2023
You’re entitled to practice your�religion, no matter how stupid�it is, but not when it involves human�sacrifice. You’ve condemned � women to death, gushing their�lives out in blood-soaked beds.�I grew up… READ MORE
Obfuscation
April 1, 2022
A skillful con man leaves�no evidence. Instead each�paper trail is shredded, burned,�flushed down any convenient � toilet. Frump doesn’t need�to clean them, fix the plumbing.�Little people do that invisibly.�His past… READ MORE
The Eyes of Texas and the Nays
December 1, 2021
The governor says, My people must�be free! No mask mandates for our�schools or businesses. Forget�vaccines. Only if you feel like it. � The governor says, My people are�free! They can… READ MORE
The great indifference
November 1, 2021
The West is burning�acre after acre gone to ash.�It’s so hot hundreds die:�does anyone in power care? � The East is waterlogged�and new storms come roaring�months earlier than ever:�does anyone… READ MORE
The legacy
October 1, 2021
What a world we’re leaving—�I want to apologize to every�child I see. Yes, we baked it,�poisoned it, gutted it, cooked � up new diseases from tropics,�wet markets, arrogance. How�can they… READ MORE
Nostalgia for what never was
May 1, 2021
My mother hated Stalin�but loved Trotsky. She had�no party affiliation, no friends�with whom to talk politics. � There was only me to listen.�Maybe it was because Trotsky�was Jewish. I don’t… READ MORE
History comes in bad cycles
April 1, 2021
I watched the insurrectionists assault�the capital with Trump flags, anti-Semitic�signs, gas masks, guns and enough�angry hatred to kill those they see � as enemies. War in the streets the man�in… READ MORE
I wake to the possible
April 1, 2021
Today for the first time in four�years, I go to the computer�without dread about what new�horror is done or pending. � Hope has felt dangerous,�remote, unlikely. I dare now�to feel… READ MORE
The great denial
January 1, 2021
Somewhere a man is ranting�a man used to power and mad�with it. He is the one he loves�so how can others resist, deny � fail to carry out his sacred… READ MORE