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Carney Does Something Right.  Endorses paid family leave. A skeptic would question how much of that endorsement is/was a recognition that Sarah McBride is fast becoming the most popular politician…

As loyal readers know, I am an aficionado of the game of human chess known as pro rasslin'.  With their bloated contracts, WWE is almost idiot-proof.  Which is good, because…

Trump Voters Dying In Droves.  In places where Rethugs can't afford to have them die.  To the tune of between about 1300 and 1900 Trump voters being subtracted from the…

What Democrats Need To Do On Voting Rights Now That Democrats Sabotaged Voting Rights Legislation.  Depressing, I know: With the door slammed shut this week on federal legislation to create…

How The Big Quit Happened. An absolute must-read from Mother Jones: Quits are a Janus-faced piece of economic data—a sign of how bad our work politics have gotten, and also…

No 'Jibby-Jabby' For This Jibber-Jabberer. With the inevitable outcome.  This Super-Spreader event in Texas has been extraordinarily successful in thinning out the herd: Canon had announced on Facebook in November…

More Anti-Vaxx Sadness.  At least this guy ultimately realized what an asshole he'd been.  Too late, though. Amazon Responds To Covid By--Cutting Workers' Sick Leave.  Break 'em up. They're evil:…

Biden's Speech, Annotated.  He realizes how much jeopardy democracy is in.  This was an essential rallying cry.  How Biden Decided To Directly Confront Trump: Throughout the first year of Joe…

Who Was Winnie Spence?  She was a former State Senator here in Delaware.  That's about all I knew about her until one of our great commenters shared the rest of…

Rethug-Led States Giving Unemployment Comp To Unvaccinated.  Of course they are. Anything to undermine a national pandemic response. The five states?: Arkansas, Kansas, Florida, Iowa and Tennessee. 'Half-Earth' Solution To…

RIP: Desmond Tutu: As leader of the South African Council of Churches and later as Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, Archbishop Tutu led the church to the forefront of Black…

A Christmas Miracle? The James Webb Telescope Takes Off.  It's quite the undertaking: Astronomers around the world will be watching (and perhaps biting their nails) as the Webb telescope undergoes…

RIP: Joan Didion.  Not only was she America's greatest essayist, her methodology was beyond reproach: I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I…