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Actually, yes, they are using “Orwellian” correctly

Times are strange when the word “Orwellian” is actually getting redefined right before our eyes. For those who didn’t read…

UT’s actions towards Groves evidence of moral cowardice

On Dec. 26, 2020, The New York Times published a story entitled “A Racial Slur, a Viral Video, and a…

A eulogy for MAGA

What started at the bottom of an elevator in June of 2015 ended on the trash-strewn steps of the U.S….

The Year of Paranoia: how trust evaporated in 2020

The Year of Our Lord 2020 might go down as a watershed year in the history of the United States…

Tennessee represents one extreme of the government’s herky-jerky pandemic response

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink. At least, that’s what I always heard….