Andrew Laurence MilneOn the horizonToo disgusted with America to write about it Reading of Zen my new catharsis.Sep 29, 2017Sep 29, 2017
Andrew Laurence MilneRace, Class, the Hierarchy over NatureIt boggles the mind to consider the persistence of racism. Don’t we know better than to believe “white” people are superior or that the US…Sep 24, 2017Sep 24, 2017
Andrew Laurence MilneThe more things change…I remember, the morning after Election Day 2012, giddily concluding that old white men no longer predominated in America’s increasingly…Sep 24, 2017Sep 24, 2017
Andrew Laurence MilneInner EyeClouds hug the mountainside, reaching down into a bed of spruce. Fog rises from the sleepy mountain pond and stretches up to the…Sep 22, 2017Sep 22, 2017
Andrew Laurence MilneWhose right?Immigration restrictionists argue from the premise that “America has a right to exist” or that “Americans have a right to a country.” The…Sep 22, 2017Sep 22, 2017
Andrew Laurence MilneLiberal is not enoughOur leaders mislead. They deny climate change. They claim Obamacare is a failure. They misrepresent the extent and causes of terrorism and…Jul 13, 2017Jul 13, 2017
Andrew Laurence MilneDecarceration under TrumpUnconscionable contradictions permeate America’s criminal justice system. Our “land of the free” has only 5% of the world’s total…May 25, 2017May 25, 2017
Andrew Laurence MilneWhy Trump gets away itHow does he get away with it? This is the question about Trump many of us ask over and over again. He has said and done so much that would…May 19, 2017May 19, 2017
Andrew Laurence MilneA rising tide lifts some boatsLooking up and down the beach in Maine’s Saco Bay, I consider the row of houses and condos lining the coast for miles. The amount of beach…May 15, 2017May 15, 2017
Andrew Laurence MilneThe S-wordTrue, the plight of the white working class has received insufficient attention. The reason, however, is not cultural elitism or “identity…May 2, 2017May 2, 2017