Today is a day of emotion. You can feel the buzz of it all around as people engage in our democracy deeply and personally. I spent my BART ride into work reading about all the propositions that haven’t been widely in the news. It is fascinating what these pieces of legislation say about us as a society – particularly the three California initiatives that revolve around the criminal justice system. I am heartened that we …
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Tribal Politics
With election season coming to a rapid and dramatic close, it seems like a good opportunity to let everyone know that they suck. Have you noticed that this election has become tribal in its vindictiveness? People are just making things up because they can’t stand the other team. I am as horrified by the people who say “I’ve never voted Republican in my life” as if to say that they never stopped to consider the …
