Our Very Passionate Border Czar

Our Very Passionate Border Czar

In hearing Tom Holman interviewed the other day, I was struck by his passion for “enforcing the law.” He was being interviewed by Natalie Kitroeff for the NY Times Daily Podcast on June 16th, 2025, as the federal troops were still in L.A. at Donald Trump’s orders....
A Moral Tragedy, Yet Perfectly Legal

A Moral Tragedy, Yet Perfectly Legal

Dear Reader –– I read Kristin DuMez’ blog this morning and wanted to pass it along.  It’s about the mean-spirited (and totally false) narrative promoted by many on the “right” that the recent political assassination of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband,...
Vicious Rhetoric Leads to Political Violence, but . . .

Vicious Rhetoric Leads to Political Violence, but . . .

On Friday night, June 13, two political assassinations took place in Minnesota by a man who violently angry about abortion and LGBTQ rights. https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/15/vance-boelter-accused-of-assassination-of-dfl-house-leader-melissa-hortman-apprehended...
“We Are All Going to Die!”

“We Are All Going to Die!”

The first few months of Trump 2.0 have been a cascade of cruelty, both verbal and physical.  More on the varieties of that cruelty below, but the headline-grabbing moment recently was when Iowa Senator Joni Ernst’s replied at a Town Hall to an anguished woman. Ernst...