When extremist Orange County school board members funded by dark money interests use the vain slogans of “parental rights” and “school choice,” what they are really advocating is the diversion of taxpayer money into a specific charter school that would operate outside the accountability structure of other publicly funded schools. This is clear to anyone … Continue reading The Current Orange County Board of Education Represents Goofy Science, Bad History, and Undemocratic Politics
Tag: January 6
Evil is Always a Choice, Never a Necessity
The general context of this post relates to a brief response I gave to John Nichols’ excellent defense of Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Mandela Barnes’ speech addressing problems in US history that placed a particular burden on Blacks and Native Americans from the very inception of the Republic. The article and the commentary it elicited can … Continue reading Evil is Always a Choice, Never a Necessity
Forecast
So throw everything out the window and start over. We no longer are talking about wannabe fascists, fascist-lite, or fly-by -night fascists. The real fascists showed up dragging the cult of leadership with them. Granted, they did not wear brownshirts, but were dressed like they were going to a high school football game, albeit slightly better armed. These … Continue reading Forecast
Etiologies 