Appreciating Professor Ewa Letowska

3rd Annual Courage in Public Scholarship Award by TCDS and the NSSR Europe Collective

It is social justice and historical necessity to award Professor Ewa Letowska the Courage in Public Scholarship Award. For us -- an openly gay couple in Poland -- the works and media activism Professor Letowska has always been a beacon of hope. She has voiced freedom and tolerance, more: acceptance and celebration ...
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Appreciating Professor Ewa Letowska

Why Give Prizes?

The World Press Photo’s contest for Photograph of the Year

For 60 years, World Press Photo has presided an annual contest to reward the best Photographs of the Year according to “the highest standards in photojournalism.” This contest has been “not only a record of more than half a century of human history, but a showcase of successive styles in ...
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Why Give Prizes?

Perón in the White House

The Perils of Ethnocentric Solipsism

Recently 45 was asked about rising anti-Semitic incidents in our country. The reporter made explicit this question was not an allegation against 45. He was asking what 45 would do to combat these incidents. The orange mountebank responded that he is “the least anti-Semitic person that you’ve ever seen in ...
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Half A Healthcare Bill

May Not Be Better Than None

This morning, for example, Howe renamed the new American Health Care Act (AHCA) the "`Republican Participation Trophy' Health Care Plan." You know what he is talking about: those youth sports tournaments organized by candy-ass liberals and pansies where every kid gets a prize just for participating? The Party of Winners and ...
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Exploring the Conservative Blogosphere

A Review of RedState

The result is a massive ideological and conceptual rift between participants in a given political debate, one that makes reaching a consensus on issues a difficult -- but not impossible -- task. To help bridge this ideological chasm, Munger suggests that we should “recognize each other as members of different ...
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Why I am Jewish

It’s Political

I do so for political reasons. I feel it is important for all Jews to now stand up and say they will not be intimidated by the hate crimes that are being inflicted on their synagogues and cemeteries, their homes and their persons. For me, proudly proclaiming my Jewish identity ...
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I Will Not…

The Day Without an Immigrant on February 16 did not have much impact here in immigrant-filled Southern California, so I initially held out little hope for the Women’s Strike. That is when I realized that I needed to organize something public for myself. I chose an impromptu beach clean-up. Recent storms ...
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If You Get Sick in Utah

Don’t Call Representative Jason Chaffetz

For example: let's take Representative Jason Chaffetz's (R-Utah) ideas seriously. Chaffetz suggested to his constituents last week that, should they feel unable to afford medical care under the new Trumpcare legislation being floated by the GOP, they could cancel their cell phone plans and buy health insurance instead. Did Chaffetz actually ...
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Blogging at The Establishment

Centering the Subjective is Reclaiming Power

The Establishment has an editorial staff that is entirely made up of women; most of the articles are written by woman and non-binary femmes as well. I was drawn into reading The Establishment because I’m a fan of the work that has been done by its Editor-at-Large, Ijeoma Oluo, a ...
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I Will Not…

Mi nombre es Marta Martínez, soy salvadoreña y llevo veintiocho años viviendo en Estados Unidos. Pertenezco a la cooperativa Golden Steps para el cuidado de ancianos, desde la cuál decimos “presente” al Paro Internacional de Mujeres. Trabajo con una señora de seteinta y tres años, la cuál es diabética, usa un ...
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I Will Not…

My name is Marta Martinez, I am from El Salvador and I have been living in the United States for twenty-eight years. I am a member of the Golden Steps cooperative for elder care and we say “present” to the International Women´s Strike. I work with a seventy three years old ...
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