A Writer’s Blog

  • The Most Important Radical Rightwing Group You Never Heard of

    Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: In this post, Bill Moyers conducts an important interview with investigative journalist Anne Nelson, who talks about her new book, SHADOW NETWORK: MEDIA, MONEY, AND THE SECRET HUB OF THE RADICAL RIGHT. Read this and you will understand the dark forces that are undermining our democracy and our… Read more

  • What is Russia doing to get Traitor Trump reelected in 2020?

    When I Googled this topic, why were the first two sources VOX and the BBC? Why not the New York Times and other major traditional American news sources? To be fair, the NYT and the Atlantic was mentioned on the first page of the search but they were near the bottom of the page. VOX Read more

  • The New York Times: Trump Is “the Worst American President in Modern History”

    Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: The New York Times published this editorial for its Sunday edition, accompanied by articles detailing the multiple failures of Donald Trump. This is my favorite line: “the lesson of the last four years is that he cannot solve the nation’s pressing problems because he is the nation’s most… Read more

  • ProPublica: How the Trump Administration Tried to Destroy the CDC

    Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: A government agency that has long been trusted as nonpartisan relies on public trust for the information it releases. When that agency is the Centers for Disease Control, public trust is essential to persuading the public that its advisories represent the work of scientists, unaffected by political considerations.… Read more

  • How to stop a Coup

    Originally posted on GFBrandenburg's Blog: I am more and more certain that Trump and his racist gangs of violent thugs will attempt a coup when the polling results come in after November 3. A racist coup d’etat (or armed overthrow of the government) has, in fact, happened before here in the US: Wilmington NC,… Read more

  • James Hohmann: Post-Debate Fallout

    Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: James Hohmann of the Washington Post gathered interesting post-debate happenings. Joe Biden left Cleveland on a chartered Amtrak train and made a six-city whistlestop trip through areas of Ohio and a Pennsylvania that Trump won in 2016. Meanwhile, Trump continues to face negative responses and from Republican leaders,… Read more