January 19, 2021 New Orleans The arc of justice is long, but when people see it coming, they don’t stay silent. First, a text from the most devoted Times’ reader and power walker in the entire city of Houston, making sure I had seen the lead piece in the Times’ editorial page. A …
Crowd Chaos Underlines Differences in Instigators versus Organizers
January 18, 2021 Pearl River The post-mortem on the Capitol mob scene has been bizarrely interesting from an organizing perspective. A lot of it has been more about name-calling than analysis. This motley crowd is now seen as rioters, (maybe?), insurrectionists (really?), seditionists (huh?), and more. …
Boebert’s Colorado 3rd District isn’t that Safe
January 17, 2021 Pearl River Newly-minted Congresswoman sees herself as the right’s answer to Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and the so-called Squad of progressive women in Congress. She unseated five-term Republican representative Scott Tipton who came into office on the Tea Party wave, and she was surfing in with the Trump team, despite Trump’s endorsement of …