In the relations between the left and the center, the left should act like the grown up in the room, not the whining kid in the corner. It shouldn’t at every turn get into a tit for tat exchange of broadsides with the center. Its main task, especially in the times in which we live and the challenges that we face, is to reach out to the center in the hope of finding ground for cooperation and common action.

Can you imagine a president mocking governors in the midst of a pandemic crisis? I can’t. And, worse still, it is a crisis that his words and actions have made far worse than it had to be.

3 pages of new posts … short, but not so sweet!

In present circumstances, one of the easiest things we can do — and I did — is to contact our Congressional Representatives. Call, text, email or whatever. It makes a difference! The Senate goes back into session today to discuss, probably vote on, a stimulus package. In it is a Republican provision that gives Trump roughly $500 million to dole out big sums of money to his corporate cronies. Another example of “swamp” politics and that is unacceptable.

As negotiations between Democrats and Republicans go on over the size and composition of stimulus package, I see a lot of “Magic Wand” politics from our side of the struggle. I wish politics were that easy. But it isn’t. It’s a contested process and on the other side of the process is an authoritarian political bloc that plays hard ball.