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Enough
April 17, 2021

After another week of mass shootings and police murder of unarmed Black men and boys; of despicable voter suppression laws; of political cowardice; and of corporate doublespeak, I’ve had it. For how much longer are we going to pretend that […]

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The American Rescue Plan is Good for Democracy
March 7, 2021

The passage of the American Rescue Plan Act is good news for a nation still reeling from the ongoing pandemic and resultant economic crisis, but it is perhaps even better news for another element of America that is sick: our democracy.

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Our Nation Cannot Heal Without First Acknowledging Who Made Us Sick
February 27, 2021

Even after he came close to ending the American experiment, the vast majority of Republicans, including those backed by Koch, continue to stand with the former president. America’s political illness has led to great suffering, death, and inequity.

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Be The Change  / philosophy  / Politics

The Sky Is Blue
February 7, 2021

I used to think that the turning point in the battle against climate change wouldn’t come until the impacts were too obvious to ignore. My fear was that, by this point, it would be too late to forestall the worst outcomes, but at least humanity would wake up to and deal with this existential crisis.

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How to Prepare for a Coup in a Pandemic
January 10, 2021

Sometimes, taking a break from the news and work,
I’ll spot the collected works of this or that poet
and, for a moment, have context for despair.

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Be The Change  / poetry

I Condemn the Attempted Coup
January 10, 2021

One might reasonably ask why any nonprofit, let alone a nonprofit lender, should dare to comment on politics. Isn’t that best left to pundits and politicians? In ordinary circumstances, I might agree—to a point. But these are not ordinary circumstances.

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Requiem for Senator Josh Hawley’s Book Deal
January 9, 2021

How lovely it would be to live in a nation where
poetry put down insurrections. Then I might bang out
this stanza and go sue a wolf for stealing the moon.

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America on the Brink  / Be The Change  / poetry  / Politics

Life After Dodging A Bullet
November 21, 2020

I try on a suit to look handsome for the moon
ask the mirror what I’ve gained and what I’ve lost.

I mourn the death of those yet to die,
seek an urn to hold the ashes of what might have been.

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America on the Brink  / poetry

What Senate Democrats Should Say in Advance of the Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation
October 24, 2020

You would have to have your heads up your asses to expect us to take back power and not exact political revenge.

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Politics

Will We Get Away With it?
October 24, 2020

Here we reward the worst crimes with a cushy job
at a White Shoe law firm that does pro bono work
for the ACLU.

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