…before the 1980 Reagan landslide. Trump is winning the votes of a lot of people who used to be Democrats. These white, working-class people are his main base of support. As a group, these people were once Democrats all over the country. These are Franklin Roosevelt’s people. These are the people that the Democrats essentially … More People the Democratic Party abandoned
…ma verte cotte je vestirai. I have been trying to decide whether or not to leave the Democratic Party formally. I am going to vote Green for President in November but I am still attached to the mid-century idea of the Democratic Party as the party of the working class. I regret I cannot be … More Ce moys de mai
On the way back from New Orleans I listened to American Family Radio and SonLife Radio. According to American Family Radio the Founders based the country on capitalism, and de Toqueville said that the reason capitalism worked was that the churches fueled it and made sure it was done right. These are the twin roots … More History
Gary Tyler is out today but had to admit (allege) guilt as part of the arrangement. Do people actually believe this plea or did they just want to create him as a permanent felon? It occurs to me that it means he can never sue for wrongful incarceration. This may have been the reason. Axé.
Solo las diferencias que se pueden consumir están permitidas. No se puede amar al otro al que le han quitado la alteridad, sino solo consumirlo. Quizá sea por eso por lo que hoy crece el interés por el apocalipsis. Uno siente el infierno de la igualdad y quiere escapar de él. That is from an … More Byung-Chul Han
I have decided to vote third party if Hillary Clinton is the candidate. Louisiana will vote Trump in any case, and my vote will not make a difference to that; if I thought it would I would vote Clinton for Roe v. Wade and some related things. But her militarism and foreign policy disasters mean … More Jill Stein
It appears that for 19 years Louisiana has sought exemptions from Federal rules requiring recipients of food assistance to work or receive job training. The reason for this is that the said recipients are unemployed due to lack of work, not lack of training or lack of effort to find jobs. And the state does … More Le futur
In my parents’ books I find things from very long ago. Here my father is smoking with Robert Duncan at Sutro Baths in San Francisco. Axé.
The park today was so full of people and ducks and children between the ages of one and two (I am convinced that these people are the fairies). I discovered that we have electronic access to at least some parts of Raritan, arguably my favorite journal. I should drop the New Yorker, perhaps, and subscribe … More Raritan
I met someone last night who would have participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion had he not fallen ill that weekend. Axé.
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