This week, the Senate, voting on party lines, passed their version of the mysterious ‘tax reform’ bill, which puts this generationally catastrophic wealth transfer to the 1% one step closer to becoming law. Policy wonks can get into the weeds and try to tweak the... Continue
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This month's column was prompted by Katie Byrnes' article, 'Why the 1960s matter' in the Aug 21st edition of the Sonoma Sun column. It was a rather melancholy column that captured a mood that is in the air now. "It was an inspirational, luminous and... Continue
The Sonoma Sun’s May 18 issue titled “Charity in a Changing World” moved me to share my insights as a former worker in the nonprofit sector. The staff editorial, ‘Sonoma Valley: Heaven or Hell?’ reviewed the recently released report on poverty in Sonoma Valley, “Hidden... Continue
The core mission of this column (Progressive Majority Coalition) is to transform liberals into progressives. My motto is: “Liberalism is a political tendency, progressivism is a political agenda.” Evolve or die is the prime directive of nature. This turbulent era, in which the foundations of... Continue
The swift and massive civic response to the Trump election is a social movement, galvanized by widespread revulsion against the white nationalist element in the Republican base. The Democratic Party political leaders have lagged behind the populist upsurge. They have still not found their bearings... Continue
The ongoing political destabilization provoked by the unlikely election of Donald Trump has now escalated to what may be a constitutional crisis. The Trump Organization’s open challenge to the legitimacy of an independent judiciary, cracks in our international role as leader of NATO, tension in... Continue
The civic response to the dreadful presidential election was an amazing outpouring of cultural solidarity and a roaring assertion of feminine power in nationwide Women’s Marches that surpassed in size and geographic scope any prior public protests in U.S. history. We may not have elected... Continue
The civic response to the dreadful presidential election was an amazing outpouring of cultural solidarity and a roaring assertion of feminine power in nationwide Women’s Marches that surpassed in size and geographic scope any prior public protests in U.S. history. We may not have elected... Continue
This week, I had an epiphany that is healing the post-election grief that many of us are experiencing every day. I realized that my electoral depression is about more than politics. It is about my own mortality. I grew up in the crucible of the... Continue
In my pre-election article, I somewhat ironically advised my fellow progressives to ‘vote their conscience.’ My faith in the judgment of my fellow citizens and my erstwhile team on the Left has been shaken by the outcome of this catastrophic election, which will be known... Continue