WPR’s middle finger to Milwaukee, more terrible decisions by Netanyahu, House MAGA’s assault on sane government, and Elton John reminds us how wonderful life is. www.charlesbursell.com
Running out of winning issues, Republicans are inadvertently pushing abortion to the front of the campaign. Also: cops & politics, and the Left forces Joe’s hand on Israel. www.charlesbursell.com
There’s an insidious fascist creep in the personal well-being movement, especially as hawked by self-appointed “experts.” They may have already got you, but it’s not too late to resist. www.charlesbursell.com
Watching The Ten Commandments on network TV just as God intended, traveling for the eclipse, abortion and weed to the rescue in Florida, reading election tea leaves, and The Orange Menace continues his repulsive campaign. www.charlesbursell.com
The Wisdom of Youth, Free Sing Three, Multiple Negatives, Down In the Streets, Berlin March, Gross Ads, Brooklyn or Texas. www.charlesbursell.com
MAGA Republicans have forfeited all rights to be covered in the media as a legitimate political party. www.charlesbursell.com
Dairy Queen, Orlando FL, Sea Mammals, Walmart Mystery, Aliens & Football, Sunny In the Window, Fair Play. www.charlesbursell.com
SCOTUS pretzel logic on the 14th Amendment, Oprah bloviates on obesity, and US billionaires enjoy an 87% bump. www.charlesbursell.com
Monday Go to Work, The Biggest Lie of All, The Colors I See, Speck, An Agnostic Christmas, Money Gotta Go, Everything’s Alright. www.charlesbursell.com
From bad to worse to absurd: Oscar and SNL politics, Israeli atrocities continue, and the dictators club hopes to welcome a new member. www.charlesbursell.com
Tiny House, Pen Jokes, Django and Jerry, After the Revolution, Alone in Beijing. www.charlesbursell.com
Super Tuesday highlights the shameless anti-democratic nature of the U.S. www.charlesbursell.com
Yer No Man, Ain’t We Got Fun (Carsie Blanton), The Bag Handlers, Ngafa (Shwi No Mtekhala). www.charlesbursell.com
Latest on the 2024 campaign, heat-checking the crazy right, and the economy versus your lying eyes. www.charlesbursell.com
Putin and other dictators are having a moment, and American Fascists are here for it. Also: the unholy updates from Gaza and Ukraine. www.charlesbursell.com
Beam Me Up, French Song, Abolish Cars, Be Good, Not What I Planned. www.charlesbursell.com
Let’s stop weaponizing political language. Also: equity versus equality, Robert Hur is a MAGA hack, and some final thoughts on the Super Bowl. www.charlesbursell.com
Public Service Announcements, A New American Art Form, Rich People, Your Life Matters. www.charlesbursell.com
Joni Mitchell and Tracy Chapman momentarily delivered us from the crass Capitalist culture of Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, the god and goddess of basic. www.charlesbursell.com
Social Media CEOs grilled by a clueless Congress who still doesn’t get it. The evil in the algorithms is Capitalism! www.charlesbursell.com
The faux-feminist argument over Barbie and the Oscars is shallow. Art is not always subjective and yes, some opinions about art are just plain wrong. Also, arts awards are stupid and money ruins everything. www.charlesbursell.com
Joe Biden may be the perfect president for the nation we have, but certainly not for the nation we ought to be. www.charlesbursell.com
White supremacy and the hottest year on record. Settling for the status quo and saying the quiet part out loud. The Right Wing thrives while the US has no Left at all. Is this just who we are now? www.charlesbursell.com
The US-supported genocide in Gaza is the main attraction in a coordinated, multi-faceted outbreak of global Fascism. From Netanyahu to Putin to MAGA Republicans, it’s time for us to rise up against the bad guys. www.charlesbursell.com