Democrats should consider doing something, literally anything. If they’re not packing the Supreme Court, there are other tools in the Constitution. — “Because here’s the deal: I ran for president because I believe we’re in a battle for the soul of this nation.” — President Joseph R. Biden The world is burning, but Democratic Party leadership just reads poems, sings songs, eats $12-a-pint ice cream, and kneels in kente cloth. Empty symbolism…

The Democratic Party doesn’t seem to remember how to talk to the working class anymore much less advocate for policies that help them. — Inflation surged to a four-decade record in June propelled by sky-high prices for everything from gas and food to shelter. Everywhere you turn, the signs point to the US heading into a recession. People are already pessimistic about the economy. Hourly earnings are not even coming close to keeping up…

What does the Bible say about homosexuality, same-sex attraction, and being transgender? God loves LGBTQ+ people — The Right in the United States is engaged in an all-out war on civil rights. After their recent victories over reproductive rights, advances in LGBTQ+ rights are in their sights. Their extremism is informed by a faith-fueled by mistranslations, ignorance, and wilful bigotry. Conservatives cite a lot of passages in…

We were promised flying cars. All we got was retro crazes. Have we lost the ability to imagine a future? — “The past is gone, but something might be found To take its place.” — Gin Blossoms “Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ into the future,” Steve Miller sang in the 70s. But, less than 20 years later, political scientist Francis Fukayama wrote that we’d reached the end of history. …

We’re overworked and it’s overheating the planet. We need to change our relationship with work and slow down if we want to survive. — Working to make someone else unbelievably wealthy is the primary task of our lives. It’s how we spend most of our waking hours. It’s an undertaking that impacts our health, but it’s also how we gain access to the basics of survival like food, shelter, and health care. …

The first prerogative of the police is to protect and serve themselves. We’ve mythologized the purpose of police. — A week after a gunman killed 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the Uvalde Police Department and Uvalde Independent School District police force both stopped cooperating with the Texas Department of Public Safety’s investigation into the shooting.

Is there actually a biblical case for abortion? — Reproductive rights in the United States are likely to suffer a significant blow. Leaked documents show that the Supreme Court is now poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, making abortion and even some contraception nearly impossible to access for many people. Conservatives hold an extremist position on abortion — that…

Work should help us thrive, but our jobs leave us hopeless, exhausted, and deflated. Where did we go wrong? — Economist and mathematician John Maynard Keynes made a bold prediction about the future of work. Back in 1930, he said that within 100 years — by 2030 — we’d be working a 15-hour workweek. We’ve still got time, but things aren’t looking too good. Keynes’ prediction isn’t as silly as…

Can a filmmaker self-consciously set out to make a cult classic, or are the best bad movies just born that way? — There are movies that blur the boundaries between good taste, bad taste, and absolute nonsense — those with plots as intelligible as a fever dream, and bargain-basement production values and filmmaking competence — and they can sometimes be a real treat. …