I write with a heavy heart, and I start by condemning last night’s shooting in Portland as equally as I condemn the shootings last week in Kenosha. When Trump was asked today if he would condemn the Kenosha shooter, he failed to do so and said: “We’re looking at all of it. That was an Read More
I’m voting for Joe Biden this fall because he won’t retweet conspiracy theorists and white nationalists. I’m setting a low bar here, but it’s an important one. And I’m not being glib. The President of the United States should not foment hatred or division, should not promote lies and half-truths, and should never promote violence Read More
Sadly, many on the right have decided that the coronavirus crisis is exaggerated at best or a hoax at worst. I understand where this perspective comes from –– it’s hard to comprehend things we haven’t personally seen. And if we don’t know someone who has died or been seriously ill or been in an ICU, Read More
I’m voting for Joe Biden this fall because the Democrats have a platform. I admit that’s a pretty low bar –– just having a platform. But it’s a bar the Republicans didn’t meet this year. Instead, the RNC created a single page of resolutions that reads as part excuse for not doing their homework, part Read More
I’m voting for Joe Biden this fall because Black lives matter, and I believe that Joe Biden will help us be better and do better as a nation as we try to become more just. This morning, I watched the video of a 17-year-old Trump supporter with an assault rifle shoot and kill innocent protesters Read More
There are many reasons I’m voting for Joe Biden this fall for President. Here’s one: Out of all the people the Republican Party could choose to have speak at its convention, they chose the McCloskeys from St. Louis, a pair of personal injury lawyers who gained 15 minutes of fame for their stunt of pulling Read More