My father, John Joseph McGinty, pictured below in San Francisco on his way to serving America in the Occupation Army of fascist Japan, in Nagasaki, in 1946. He died of cancer in 2000. We do not know whether it was related to exposure to … [Read more...]
A Chilling Voice From A Survivor of Dictatorship
Heed the words of one American who had to flee dictatorship. He does not like what he is seeing. It is all too familiar to him: “We survivors of authoritarianism have a terrible, terrible foreboding, because we are experiencing … [Read more...]
Dems Finding Unity Just in Time
The MassDems socially distanced in-person Democratic National Convention Massachusetts delegation watch party last night at Suffolk Downs. Bernie stickers all around me. The historic moment that Kamala Harris accepted our party’s … [Read more...]
THE THEFT OF DAILY LIFE BY OBSTINATE INCOMPETENCE MUST END, AND WILL END.
This picture shows what my normal life was like two years ago, like most Americans. This is also what life is like today in more and more countries that take this virus seriously and have crushed the virus down to the point where it only … [Read more...]
Science Versus Crazy
Just the facts Ma’am. South Korea, the US, and Japan, all got our first cases at roughly the same time. They used science, Trump used crazy. Joe Biden will use science. … [Read more...]
We Are Accepting His Crazy Frame
This headline is impossibly naive. He understands how bad it is. He doesn’t care. All he cares about is shading everything to try to make his alternative reality our accepted reality. The amazing thing is, most of the country is … [Read more...]
Pompeo’s Sly Shading To Avoid Accountability
In his testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in response to excellent questioning from Senator Tom Udall (D-NM), that the data on COVID-19 from either Japan, South Korea, or … [Read more...]
The Death of Expertise Causes Death
I am not an expert in epidemiology. I am, however, wise enough to listen to epidemiologists. It did not have to be this way. It does not have to be this way. But it will be this way for the foreseeable future, because Donald Trump … [Read more...]
Whither the White House Press Corps?
Donald has had SEVEN conversations with Vladimir Putin over the last few months. Hmmm ok, that’s interesting. How many conversations has Donald had with Angela Merkel of Germany in that time? Boris Johnson of Britain? Emmanuel … [Read more...]
Restore America’s Brain
We’ve gone from living in the most advanced nation on earth to living in a funny farm. I’m like a broken record, but the answer to this problem is right in front of our face, and we need to do nothing more than open our eyes and look at … [Read more...]
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