Los Angeles-based political pundit Jimmy Dore’s disdain for civilian law enforcement is a thing of primal beauty. He calls them maniacs. He says they crack heads because “they fucking love it.” He’s also the son, grandson, and brother of Chicago police officers, so I have to assume he knows what he’s talking about. As you might expect, Dore rejects […]
She’s balancing a carryout container in one hand. Church food, I assume, since it’s Sunday and she’s wearing a dress. A dress, low heels and a wig, actually, and standing out like a sore thumb on the trail this autumn afternoon. “Is that a preacher?” She points to the pocket where Thom Hartmann is holding forth. A podcast. I tell […]
“I don’t feel protected or served,” I tell him. “I do,” he says. The back-to-back public executions of Alton Sterling (07.05.16 Baton Rouge, LA) and Philando Castile (07.06.16 St. Paul, MN) give him pause, and he concedes that something is rotten in the state of Denmark, but at the same time he wonders what it must be like […]
