This is how a minority can control a democracy — What is the real agenda of those promoting culture wars? This is not difficult. These are the same instigators that pitted Blue Lives Matter against Black Lives Matter, gun lovers against gun-control advocates, Christian Nationalism against church-state separation, anti-abortion against pro-choice, anti-vax against science. Yesterday the hot-button issue was posting…

What abortion laws do to the personhood of women may be their worst effect — Though a few of the men legislating or ruling away women’s autonomy truly have such fragile egos that they can’t feel empowered without crushing others, most of them are simply using this as a wedge issue to fragment the working class and solidify the power of the ruling class. However…

Yes, working class Americans fail to vote their own self-interest, but is that the real problem? — Last month I saw a meme of a Twitter post by a man named Stephan: As a Dutchman, I get universal health care, excellent roads, good public transport, and easily accessible high quality education. As an American, you get to dream that you too will be rich some day. What…

With the Democrats, Pundits, Even Politicians I Admire — I am angry with the Democratic Party for turning the presidential nomination process into a sham with a surplus of candidates dropping out all at once to endorse the party’s pick. I am disappointed that former President Barack Obama supported this sham and added his voice to the plan. I…

One More Chance to Make Things Right — In Cronenberg’s classic 1986 film, The Fly, deteriorating inventor Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) is telling a woman he’s chosen for his next experiment, “Don’t be afraid,” when Veronica (Geena Davis) who has entered the building in time to overhear his reassurances, interjects the memorable line: “No. Be afraid. …

What if ‘Christian’ meant doing what the Christ of Christianity said to do? — On the last Sunday service of June, Pastor John Koletas of the Grace Baptist Church in Troy, NY, held his third AR-15 giveaway. When protesters arrived at the church, shouting and shoving ensued. However, the tweeted claim that churchgoers were “dragged off the steps of their church and getting beaten…