Primary Contests

Further thoughts on consonance and dissonance

"I merely took the energy it takes to pout, and I wrote some blues." -Duke Ellington In the coming week, millions of Americans will go to the polls on May 8 to determine which candidates will run in the upcoming November general election. The November election is particularly important given the ...
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Primary Contests

The Fables of Our Faubus

Jeff Sessions, man of justice

"I merely took the energy it takes to pout, and I wrote some blues." -Duke Ellington   Jefferson Beauregard Sessions has fallen on hard times. A celebrated Alabamian and Man of the South, he came out for Donald Trump long before any other national Republican politician, and then gave up his very ...
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The Fables of Our Faubus

Moanin’

On gun violence in the United States

"I merely took the energy it takes to pout, and I wrote some blues." -Duke Ellington There was another school shooting this past week. This one was at a high school in Parkland, Florida. A disgruntled and clearly disturbed 19-year-old former student arrived on school grounds with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, entered ...
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Moanin’