Reading Time: 5 minutes I hate to admit it—really, really hate to—but I think Florida’s migrant-abusing Gov. Ron DeSantis and hard-right Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson may have a point: the ever-shifting obsession with purifying terminology is getting out of hand in America. Which, condoning Ron’s and Tuck’s political incorrectness in this one respect, I must insist is not […]
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‘Anti-woke’ education wars and democratic schools
Reading Time: 4 minutes The anti-woke education wars are a symptom of a broken community. We don’t agree about schools because we don’t agree about the value of education or about what it means to be American. This is a fraught time to be a teacher, as polarization and distrust reach into school board meetings, libraries, and classrooms. It’s […]
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Cringeworthy ad: God created Ron DeSantis because He needed a ‘fighter’
Reading Time: 3 minutes In a new campaign ad that, in a more rational world, would anger religious conservatives, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is deemed a “fighter” sent by the Christian God to defend the downtrodden. The ad is based on a speech conservative radio broadcaster Paul Harvey delivered in 1978 called “So God Made a Farmer.” The gist […]
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What kind of a boy was Ron DeSantis?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Florida Governor Ron “Dick” DeSantis was a boy once. Folk wisdom says the boy makes the man. Look at the boy, and you can cull the man he will be. Look at the man, you can cull the boy he once was. I don’t necessarily ascribe to such a view, but it can be intriguing […]
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Demon-obsessed Democrat Kim Daniels re-elected to Florida House
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Democrat who performs exorcisms and supports Christian nationalist ideas is heading back to the state legislature. Kim Daniels is guaranteed victory in Florida House District 14 after her sole opponent, a write-in candidate, dropped out of the race. All of this is happening two years after Democrats thought they were finally rid of her. […]