(Note to my readers: To commemorate Labor Day and salute those who labor, today’s posting was written by Dr. George W. Hopkins, professor emeritus of American history at The College of Charleston, as my guest columnist. A highly edited version of this posting [edited for length] appeared in last week’s Charleston…
Some Positive Stories You May Be Missing
It’s easy to look around us and despair at all the wrong that’s happening in our world. Everywhere we look there’s political corruption, greed, hatred, a deteriorating climate, hunger, war, loneliness, crime, poverty, the list is endless. It’s easy to lose sight of the fact that there are good people…
An Impossibility
I had promised myself that I would lay off Donald Trump for a while. There are a lot of good people out there doing good things, and I was going to write about them for a change. But, confound it, Trump will not leave me alone. I’m not talking about…
Happy Days Are (Almost) Here Again
There was a time when I thought I saw a blue tsunami coming in November’s election. Now I’m sure of it. It’s a tsunami that not only will keep Democrats in the White House but also retain control of the Senate and take control of the House. All we have…
Monstrous Hypocrisy, Stupendous Ignorance
Minutes after Donald Trump was shot, the MAGA world was flooded with claims that Joe Biden ordered the assassination attempt and God saved him from it. Listen to them: U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C.: “If you didn’t believe in miracles before Saturday, you better be believing right now. Our God…
Not Voting Almost Amounts to Treason
I’ve been hearing it lately more and more, and probably you have too: There’s no use in voting in November because only the seven swing states matter. Wrong. Wrong! Wrong! This is the most important election in American history, at least since 1860 and certainly many elections before that. To…
Donald Trump is Evil
Donald Trump is evil. I hereby judge him so. Yes, yes, I know, Jesus said we should not judge others lest we be judged. But the quote doesn’t end there, and leaving it there takes it out of context and destroys what Jesus was saying. Jesus was not against judging…
Accentuating the Positive
If you think the news organizations focus on the negative while downplaying the positive, you are right. They do. They focus on crime, wars, our deteriorating climate, poverty, cruelty to animals et cetera. But don’t blame them. Blame us, the news consumers. It’s our fault, not theirs. They know from…
Join us at our New Project: The Blue Crab Collective
Hello Friends, This is a special invitation for you to join the new Blue Crab Collective, which is a volunteer collaborative of artists, activists and creatives with diverse talents and interests but with one major thing in common: We want our country to be better, for everyone and for the…
On Nazis and Voting
I begin today’s missive with some words written by Timothy W. Ryback in The Los Angeles Times: “When Adolf Hitler was convicted of treason on April 1, 1924, for leading an armed insurrection against Germany’s democratically elected government, he discovered something remarkable: Courtrooms can make excellent soapboxes for political grandstanding.…