The Good: Hillary Clinton’s call for a federal investigation into the execution of Laquan McDonald.
The Bad: Republican Party presidential candidates offering their prayers to the families of the victims of the mass shooting in San Bernardino, while resisting any and all legislative efforts to curb gun violence.
The Ugly: The San Bernardino attack, the latest in a growing list of mass killings of innocent people here and abroad. In the words of today’s New York Times historic front-page editorial, “These spree killings are all, in their own way, acts of terrorism.”
Written by
Sam Webb
I'm a long-time socialist and activist, but new to the blogging world. I hope to bring a different perspective on politics, sports, culture, and Marxism. Besides blogging, I also leave plenty of time for swimming, hiking, ESPN, music, reading, drinking good beer, and, not least, my family and friends. I wish I could play basketball, but my knees ruled out that possibility long ago.
While I currently reside in New York, my politically formative years were spent in Portland, Me. and Detroit during the 1970s and 1980s. I graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia (where I played basketball) and received a MA in economics from the University of Connecticut.
I was the national chairperson of the Communist Party, USA from 2000 until 2014 when I stepped down at the convention. In 2016 I resigned from the Communist Party two years later. We were no longer on the same page.
