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1. 2 days ago on Prickly City

   Okay, here’s a taste. Maybe the worst part of US society and politics in the 50s and 60s was racism. I grew up in the segregated South, so I could see it at its worst. But the activism of the Civil Rights movement promise better things, and I would argue that there has been substantial improvement. Another change for the better has been women’s rights. Nixon, of course, was a disaster, but Trump is worse and doing what could be long-term damage to the political fabric of the country. He has pretty much destroyed the Republican Party. And the general state of the world now is very bad. That deserves a long post all on its own, but I have to get my day going and try to get some work done, so I will leave it there for now.

2. 2 days ago on Prickly City

   Don’t get me started.

3. 2 days ago on Prickly City

   I’m edging close to 80 years old and I have never seen the US in worse condition. Back in the late 1950s and the 1960s things were pretty bad, but there was a feeling that there was progress, that things were improving. I don’t have that feeling now.

4. 3 days ago on Jeff Danziger

   A good education should help students gain an understanding of where they fit into the scheme of things; it should help them appreciate the achievements of the generations that came before; it should prepare them to add to those achievements. Among other things.

5. 4 days ago on Lisa Benson

   As a life-long left activist, I condemn antisemitism. I condemn all forms of racism and bigotry. I support the right of Israel to exist, and I also condemn the slaughter that’s occurring in Gaza.

6. 7 days ago on Jeff Danziger

   “South Pacific Women’s Studies”? Two stereotypes for the price of one. Our resident philosopher seems to think that non-Western cultures and women are not worthy of study.

7. 9 days ago on Jeff Danziger

   I understand being pragmatic, but pragmatics should be guided by ideals.

8. 9 days ago on Jeff Danziger

   I’m not comfortable with anyone having them.

9. 10 days ago on Ted Rall

   Third and fourth parties run candidates regularly, they just don’t get many votes. If you want a socialist (for example) to win, then you have to work hard in between elections to convince people to vote that way.

10. 12 days ago on Gary Varvel

    Militarism is a failure. There is no way to peace, peace is the way.