When Antisemitic Hate Hits Three Miles from Home

When hatred drives a truck through the doors of a synagogue preschool, the target isn’t Israel. The target is Jews. by Mark M. Bello Approximately three miles—that’s the distance between my home and Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan. In February of this year, I sat in that house of worship twice to celebrate Bar […]

Sanity Tries to Restore Itself—and Gets Shoved Out the Door

Will America to Come to its Senses Again? by Mark M. Bello   It’s happened before. Every so often, American politics produces moments where citizens must feel they live in some alternative universe. But then . . . A politician tones it down, two opponents speak like adults, or someone once fueled by outrage suddenly […]

Waiting for MAGA to End? Don’t Hold Your Breath

by C J Waldron Like many of you, I am cautiously counting the days until Donald Trump is no longer in office. But does that mean MAGA will also die with him?  Not likely. While Trump may claim he originated the MAGA movement, its origins actually pre-date our nation’s founding. Trump’s penchant for hyperbole is […]

Charlie Kirk and The Alamo

By C J Waldron Remember the Alamo was a battle cry used to stir Texans in their fight for independence from Mexico. Now, the Maga-verse is using Remember Charlie Kirk as a similar call to arms. Unlike Texas, those currently being called to the front lines aren’t confronting a foreign nation. Instead, they are being […]