Since last January 20, the United States under Trump has issued a procession of decrees and actions that have been anything but normal. Every week, every day, Trump & his gang assaults Americans with violations to rules – to the rule of law, and to rules of decency. All this crystallized on Wednesday with the murder of Renee Good in Minneapolis. Her tragic killing was unnecessary and unjustified.  There was no conceivable reason for immigration officials to be attacking a citizen in a...

Jan 4, 2026 ​ Today we commemorate January 6, 2021, when the outgoing president incited a crowd to storm the US Capitol to violently prevent the peaceful transfer of power. We gather today to remember this assault on democracy, and to pledge not to let it happen again. ​ But is that what we’ve been doing? When you think about it, our enduring shock at January 6 is rather quaint. How about memorializing the third week in October 2025, when Trump took a wrecking ball to another icon of American...

Dec. 14, 2025                                           It’s easy to be lulled into thinking that the end of our national nightmare is in sight: court decisions are curbing some of the administration’s excesses, the Republican-dominated Indiana legislature grew a spine and refused to gerrymander, and even Congressional Republicans appear to want to abandon ship on some issues. The recent November election indicated America’s swing toward democracy and Democrats. The National Trust is suing...