Spending two-and-a-half hours immersed in the flat-out brilliance of Wicked, it’s impossible to miss the parallels of the moments playing out in Oz there and those here in America:
Opinions & Commentary
We are losing the communications battle, but if MSNBC would just get the hell out of its own way, we could start to reclaim the high ground.
No one ever expects an angry man to do anything but lie. He will only hammer and point and attack and denigrate and belittle with speech and action. But boy will fearful people listen...
Ultimately, many Trump voters are motivated primarily by fear, and fear is a heck of a drug to get out of your system once you're hooked on it.
Knowing that no one is at their best when they are afraid, Republican politicians and Evangelical preachers have kindled unearned hysteria in their rank-and-file beautifully.
The fire and brimstone, pulpit pounding, Bible thumping prognosticators had everything about America's approaching moral disaster correct, except for one thing: its source.
The West’s response to Ukraine could redefine the future of democracy.
Trump and the Republican Party are hellbent on the road to Fascism. Denying some of his these insane appointments will at least slow down their progress.
How do we go back to anything resembling normal, knowing how many people we know and love, work and study and live alongside have tripled down on lawlessness and bigotry?
Many younger voters decided to make a deal with the devil.
Goodbye to America defining itself as a Beacon of Hope, the Light of Freedom, or any of that other stuff they told you in 3rd grade.
A strategy to win back America and stand against Trump’s takeover has to get started now.
American fascism would eliminate the rule of law and accountable government and may very well need to suppress other institutions which interfere with its objectives. The objective of fascism is always power for power’s sake.
How do we overcome the opposition to humanity that has taken root in two and a half of the three branches of our government?
Unless the calls by major media outlets are premature, America just elected its first dictator and gave him a rubber-stamp Senate—one that already enabled a Supreme Court to render him immune for any crimes he is prepared to commit.
What we want to see on November 5th: a very BLUE day for Kamala and all the down-ballot candidates in every state and every race. And a very long and very black night for Trump and his camp.