Teri has written novels, short stories, nonfiction for both young readers and adults, and lots of legal briefs. She is currently working on a book on disinformation to be published by Macmillan Publishers. Her political commentary has appeared on the NBC Think Blog and CNN.com. Her articles and essays have appeared in publications as diverse as Education Week, Slate Magazine, and Scope Magazine. Her short fiction has appeared in the American Literary View, The Iowa Review, and others. For twelve years she maintained a private appellate law practice limited to representing indigents on appeal from adverse rulings. She believes with the ACLU that when the rights of society's most vulnerable members are denied, everybody's rights are imperiled. She also believe with John Updike that the purpose of literature is to expand our sympathies. Teri lives with her family on the beautiful central coast in California.
A little bit of agitation is good. It motivates us to action. It stimulates voter turnout. Too much is paralyzing. And pointless.
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Here’s the part that is hard for people to grasp: The GOP doesn’t want a democracy. They want fascism. They’re trying to destroy truth. That, of course, explains Fox, Trump, and the GOP. They are actively trying to undermine factuality.
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The parties are rule of law v. authoritarianism. People who embrace rule of law include former Republican conservatives, who must now get used to a big messy tent.
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Because the Democrats have good medium and long term prospects it is in their interests to avoid hardball to preserve the institutions so there’s less rebuilding later.
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The GOP has now morphed into a reactionary party. “Again” in “MAGA” signals reactionist politics.
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One of the democratic institutions, or safeguards, baked into the constitution system is that we have an independent judiciary.
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A little bit of agitation is good. It motivates us to action. It stimulates voter turnout. Too much is paralyzing. And pointless.
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If you’re in a “what if” rabbit hole, you can’t pay attention to what is actually happening. It’s harder to think rationally and plan.
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Now that law enforcement agencies are looking at crimes of wealthy white men, they’re perfectly willing to destroy those agencies.
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21st century fascists, on the other hand, want both wealth and power. This creates a policy-making challenge.
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The reason to be optimistic is because of young people like Greta, David Hogg, Taylor Swift, and so many others.
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The idea that all politicians are corrupt leads to tribalism. “He’s a liar, but he’s our liar. I’d rather stick with our corrupt liar than the enemy corrupt liar.”
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