Republicans have stopped pretending to care about 'rape or incest' victims in...
It used to seem that, for Republicans, the prospect of a victim of rape or incest being forced to carry a resultant unwanted pregnancy to term was so viscerally repugnant that it prompted them to...
View ArticleAfter Roe is gone, even your prenatal care will depend on what state you live in
Most people who’ve had kids know the routine (some of us know it several times over): At certain points during pregnancy, tests are administered at various intervals to determine the existence of any...
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing: 5/21/22: Get your free home COVID-19 tests now!
An important piece of news this week for those who may be unaware: The Biden administration has authorized a third round of free Home COVID-19 tests (8 tests) for anyone who wants them. Having...
View ArticlePennsylvania is revealing Republicans to be nothing but opportunistic,...
So we’re knee deep in potential recount territory in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. On one side we have a TV huckster named Mehmet Oz; on the other, a former hedge fund CEO named Dave McCormick. It...
View ArticleThe Gun God is not accustomed to having its sacrifices questioned
There are a lot of opinion pieces out there in the media after Tuesday’s massacre at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, just as there were nearly 10 years ago after Sandy Hook. And like then,...
View ArticleWhat we've lost through the digitization of music
It was summer 1979. The new Dylan album everyone had been talking (arguing) about was finally out. I tore off the plastic wrap, gone went the SuperSaver label and price tag, crumpled up on the floor. I...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court is on its way to becoming a hostile work environment
The third pillar of our esteemed federal system is entering a chaotic phase as the investigation heats up into the premature and embarrassing leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion that overrules...
View ArticlePutin is counting on Trump and the GOP's pro-Russia lackeys to stab Ukraine...
The New York Timescolumnist Thomas Friedman recently authored an interesting column in which he candidly acknowledged his surprise at the vehemence of Europe’s reaction to Russia’s unprovoked war on...
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing: 6/4/22: The robots are still coming for us, and they...
Nick Bilton, writing for Vanity Fair, updates us this week on the progress of Artificial Intelligence in areas normally thought to be safe bastions of human creativity: journalism, literature and the...
View ArticleConservative pundit Andrew Sullivan amplifies fake news and buries himself in...
It was a story designed to send any conservative into apoplexy. A suburban Chicago high school decided to implement a “race-based” grading system that would supposedly and intentionally benefit Black...
View ArticleIt doesn't matter what Republicans say they 'believe' or 'think.' What...
As Democrats, we often fall into the trap of finding comfort in polls which suggest that many Republicans “feel” or “believe” certain things that align with our values. Polls that suggest “two-thirds...
View ArticleGinni Thomas urged at least 29 Arizona lawmakers to betray their country
The wife of sitting Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was up to her neck in efforts to disenfranchise the 81 million Americans who voted for President Joe Biden in the 2020 election, urging—not...
View ArticleJan. 6 hearings reveal how easily millions were conned—and why they won't...
Con artists are a special breed of predator. Not only do they traffic in humanity’s most basic passions—their hopes, fears and expectations—but they rely on the singular human emotions of self-respect...
View ArticleSend in the clowns? Don't bother, they're here
In the Academy Award-winning 1984 film Amadeus, F. Murray Abraham brilliantly portrayed Antonio Salieri as a mediocre court composer who was so threatened by the meteoric rise and prodigious talents of...
View ArticleKitchen Table Kibitzing: 6/18/22: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
There are some musical artists who just have a knack (for lack of a better word) for leaving me wrecked, with a sort of punch-in-the-gut sense of awe. One of them is Aimee Mann. Another is Lucinda...
View ArticleThis Supreme Court is poised to gut the federal government's ability to fight...
Having already confirmed its intent to force people who become pregnant to bear unwanted children under the penalty of criminal laws and state-sanctioned vigilante harassment, the United States Supreme...
View ArticleMultiple Republican congressmen asked Trump for a pardon for their actions...
Breaking from the Washington Post’s Rosalind Helderman (and highlighted in Brandi Buchman’s LiveBlog and summary of Thursday's Jan. 6 hearings), a trenchant commentary about the craven state of the...
View ArticlePrivacy advice for those seeking reproductive care as states begin to...
In the coming weeks, we can expect a lot of new doors to be kicked open by law enforcement and their friends in Republican-dominated state legislatures to target, investigate, intimidate and harass...
View ArticleHey, Federalist Society: I got your 'Federalist' right here
The right-wing “Federalist Society” is one of the most colossal scams ever perpetrated on the American people. An organization born of disgruntled right-wing extremists with Yale law degrees,...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court has now become merely an extension of Fox News
It’s exceedingly rare that the Supreme Court simply snatches away an established Constitutional right, let alone one impacting personal bodily autonomy that had stood for nearly half a century and...
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