Lucky for me, my bully wasn’t the President of the United States. Because when I was growing up, the people who had that position didn’t use their pulpits to nitpick the perceived flaws of former flames.
DEPTHS OF DEPRAVITY DEPT.
Does the GOP have a cutoff point for racist fearmongering?
HOW THE BOSTON GLOBE TROLLED THE AMERICAN MEDIA
My region’s newspaper of record, it appeared, was requesting a favor—superficially in solidarity with outlets all across the country its asking to “stand together” in “common defense” against Trump, but actually in service of the Globe itself and no one else.
ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE: AN INDICTED JOURNALIST REFLECTS ON CONSPIRACY IN TODAY’S AMERICA
His actions consisted of walking, wearing black and being a witness to history as a freelance journalist. Yet, a few months later, and despite having no clear evidence of such crimes, federal prosecutors slammed him with eight felony charges including conspiracy to riot and property damage.
THAT N-WORD AGAIN
A short history of rationalization, hate, and debate
STOP BAKER’S ‘MORE SCHOOL COPS AND SURVEILLANCE’ PLAN
Why the Mass budget surplus is better spent on infrastructure needs Having just been handed an estimated $1 billion budget surplus for the 2018 fiscal year, Gov. Charlie Baker was quick to make a proposal last week to divide up the unexpected spoils. According to MassLive, “Around half of that will be […]
AS A MINISTER IN THE TRUMP ERA, I’VE BEEN RECEIVING LOTS OF QUERIES ABOUT THE AFTERLIFE
I want to ask you, what do you believe will happen in the afterlife? Are we as the human race going to be okay? Should I worry about what’s going to happen to me after death? My girlfriend who believes in God but struggles with what to believe in exactly, is she going to be okay?
PROXY WARFARE: THE US SENATE RACE IN MASS MAY GET UGLY, BUT NOT SERIOUS
For a meaningless contest, there’s major national significance to Warren’s reelection scrum
MUCH LOVE AND GRIM SOLIDARITY: BAYNARD WOODS TAKES STOCK IN THE LAST DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS COLUMN
Now, more than 70 columns later, either that has changed, or I was wrong-headed from the start. The Trump regime has taken up so much air from every other story that, while it is wildly important and has implications everywhere, I believe that each of these papers is better served following up on the way Trump’s policies affect their local communities.
SCRIPTURE AS A TEXT OF TERROR: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SESSIONS
Our LGBTQ community continues to be clobbered with biblical texts used to either scare us straight, or terrorize our everyday existence.
