
These three masterpieces of modern literature — Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, George Orwell’s 1984, Williams Golding’s Lord of the Flies — are worth another read for us ‘civilized,’ otherwise 2 + 2 is going to equal 5

The government’s case against automatic birthright citizenship stems from a narrow interpretation a Supreme Court case that militates against the inclusiveness that is supposed to be a hallmark of our values. Just as important is the chaos that would be unleashed by a decision supporting the administration.
Felony case for Thom A. Smith, who was a former Navy counsel, filed in Veterans Court

U.S. increasingly losing GRASP of religious aspect. Explicit disrespect — like the makeup of MAGA’s Religious Liberty Commission — of “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof …” goes beyond attacks on Muslims and the troubling resurgence of antisemitism.