It is tempting to leave the topic and move on, but there is more to all this than I can quite let go. I got a lot of feedback on the piece on the Cloward-Piven recipe for fomenting radical change in America.   Not being a devotee of Fox and being highly skeptical of what […]

The guard is changing in statehouses across the land as the latest cast of characters takes office. Governor Moonbeam is replacing the Governator in Sacramento; Andrew Cuomo became the 56th governor of New York yesterday. They are two of an increasingly slim number of progressive governors from shrinking states. Both have got huge problems. In […]

The guard is changing in statehouses across the land as the latest cast of characters takes office. Governor Moonbeam is replacing the Governator in Sacramento; Andrew Cuomo became the 56th governor of New York yesterday. They are two of an increasingly slim number of progressive governors from shrinking states.   Both have got huge problems. […]

(Mr. Simpson tries on the famous glove as a deputy looks on. Photo courtesy of the Guardian, UK)We will make it short and sweet this morning, since we are all still trying out the feel of this brave New Year, a little like Orenthal James Simpson and the famous glove. A good pal wrote me yesterday […]

(Mr. Simpson tries on the famous glove as a deputy looks on. Photo courtesy of the Guardian, UK) We will make it short and sweet this morning, since we are all still trying out the feel of this brave New Year, a little like Orenthal James Simpson and the famous glove.   A good pal […]