NOTICE: Family Health Issue Forces Podcast Pause
by Bob Gatty Because of a serious health issue involving my wife, Jackie, I will be pausing my Lean to the Left podcast until mid-March when I intend to relaunch a renewed version that I hope you will support. I do not want to go into details publicly regarding what’s happening with her, but it’s […]
STATE OF THE COUNTRY: Shame on Trump; Shame on Us
by Mark M. Bello Many friends and colleagues I speak with feel the country is doing “fine,” that who’s president doesn’t really matter. But America is not fine, or stable, or immune to collapse. We have spent years pretending our institutions will save us, that the Constitution is self-enforcing, and no single leader could break […]
Dementia Don’s Multiple Derangements
By C J Waldron It’s that time of year again. The holiday time, when families gather to celebrate giving thanks, the birth of a white savior, the miracle of Hannukah, the celebration of African culture, the mundane recognition of traveling another year around the sun and of course, the ceremonial Airing of Grievances that is […]
Are We Losing Our First Amendment Rights?
By C J Waldron In this day and age of creeping authoritarianism, the rights Americans have enjoyed for almost 250 years have been diminishing. Most particularly are our First Amendment rights. As the current administration tightens its grip on the reins of power, those who oppose it are losing the very freedoms upon which this […]
The East Wing: Casualty of Trumpian Vanity
By Mark M. Bello There is little that Donald Trump can do that shocks me. There is even less that Congress can ignore that still surprises. And yet — there it was: the historic East Wing of the White House, the “people’s house,” reduced to rubble so the ex-reality-star-turned-president could erect a 90,000 square-foot ballroom […]
Have You No Sense of Decency?
By C J Waldron The question “Have you no sense of decency, sir?” was leveled at Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy as his House Committee on UnAmerican Activities” came crashing down upon him. It was both a question and an accusation put to a Repulbican senator who sought to destroy the Democratic Party by falsely claiming […]
They Call Us the Radical Left. We Call it Democracy
By C J Waldron To hear Donald Trump and his MAGA minions tell it, all our country’s ills can be blamed on the radical left. But who are they? They are those who do not slavishly worship Trump and are therefore, a threat to democracy. They are those who believe America is a nation of […]
Look in the Damn Mirror, Mr. Trump
Selective Outrage and the Politics of Hate by Mark M. Bello The murder of Charlie Kirk is a tragedy. No one should lose their life to violence, certainly not for espousing their political beliefs. However, before any suspect is captured, before his or her motives are known, the governor of Utah, Spencer Cox, labeled Kirk’s […]
Politics Over Science: The Deadly Cost of Vaccine Denial
The Anti-Science Agenda in Action by Bob Gatty It wasn’t enough that Donald Trump, through his ignorance and false pride, caused the Covid 19 deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S because of his inaction and unscientific claims. Remember his statement that Covid would just magically go away and his suggestion that […]