Yearly Archive: 2021
Our New Civil War And Jim Crow
The ascendancy of Donald Trump and his overt xenophobia, racism, white nationalism, and outright cruelty gave license to a broad swath...
Astronomy Friday – Saturn Nebula
This little white blob in the top center is the planetary nebula NGC 7009, aka the Saturn nebula. If you look...
As Ever, The Oligarchs Are Winning
The congressional sausage-making process that produces actual legislation is never a pretty sight and, right now, it’s anyone’s guess as to...
Astronomy Friday – The Helix Nebula
NGC 7293 is more commonly known as the Helix nebula, a planetary nebula which is the result of a dying star...
Labor’s Reawakening
Over a decade and a half ago, Josh Marshall described the phenomenon that he came to call “dominance politics”. The purpose...
Corruption Is Another Sign Of A Failing Democracy
It is now pretty much a given among those who actually study the issue that American democracy is teetering on the...
