‘Change My Mind’ Is Not Debate
“Change my mind” debates are not genuine discourse, but rather a performance designed to give stupidity a platform and call it discourse, while monetizing misinformation and eroding shared reality.
The REAL Radical Left
The American Right has demonized policies that are effectively common sense, while the Real Radical Left seeks to dismantle the current system and replace it with a more equitable one.
Sunday Commentary: How Trump Turned Entertainment into Authoritarianism – From Huxley’s Dream to Orwell’s Prison
In a world of digital distraction and entertainment, citizens are more likely to be controlled by pleasure and distraction than by pain and surveillance, making it easier for authoritarianism to creep in and take hold.
Opinion: Justice Kennedy’s Dire Warning on Democracy
Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy warned that American democracy is at risk due to the collapse of respect for truth, process, and institutions, and the need for civility, judicial independence, truth, and the steadfast refusal to surrender to fear.
NYCLU Urges Columbia University to Rectify Unlawful Student Group Suspension or Face Lawsuit
By Xinhui Lin NEW YORK, NY – In an official statement, the New York Civil Liberties Union…
LWV Candidates Debate in West Sac features DA and Sheriff
The non-partisan League of Women Voters (LWV) West Sacramento and Davis will cohost a Candidate’s Forum with…
Sunday Commentary II: Can We Elevate Our Level of Discourse by Cleaning Up Our Verbiage?
Twice this week I have been taken aback by the casual use of invective pejorative phrases in…