Charles Bursell Presents

The origins of phrases like "caught red-handed," "the jig is up," "butter up" (that's a weird one) and more. www.charlesbursell.com

Smoking out Stephen Miller's bad White House juju, Harry and Meghan create a new Right/Left divide, and marking one year of Covid. www.charlesbursell.com

Don't' let Radical Christian Fascists fool you on trans athletes or "strong" border policy – It's pure bigotry. Also: Blunt Senate politics. www.charlesbursell.com

Dems went big on police reform, voting rights, and Covid relief, and now they must bust the filibuster. Also: the notorious eight, RoJo the Dumb, and what would Mitch do? www.charlesbursell.com

While pollution kills millions annually, right-wing Fossils cling to whale oil and spittoons. But climate revolution in both policy and narrative ARE possible.  www.charlesbursell.com

To create economic, health and climate justice, Lefties must push aside the shrinking political middle and then crush the Radical Christian White Right. Ready, go! www.charlesbursell.com

The race between vaccines and state reopenings, Repugs abdicate legitimacy, Dems go alone on Covid and the fight for $15 showdown. www.charlesbursell.com  

Why a rebirth of civics education is vital to saving democracy and a new report on how to do it. www.charlesbursell.com

I spent the whole weekend watching CPAC. It was brutal, but the new American Nazis are powerful and we ought to keep a damn close eye on them. www.charlesbursell.com

Psychologists say focusing on the needs of others will improve your mood. That's good advice for the whole nation. www.charlesbursell.com

With Cabinet nominees, Covid, and the $15 minimum wage, Joe Manchin is becoming a one-man Congressional wrecking crew. Also: grading Biden, saving elections, and weird love for Tiger. www.charlesbursell.com

Caught online mocking parents, school board members are forced to resign en masse. Also, Equality v Equity and goodbye Lawrence Ferlinghetti. www.charlesbursell.com

The only way to avoid climate dystopia is for workers of the world to finally win their centuries-old struggle for power. www.charlesbursell.com

If money poisons politics does it poison everything else? Of course, it does. Also: Humanities vs trade school, no more traffic cops, and preparing for the next emergency. www.charlesbursell.com www.charlesbursell.com

We all have that friend, the self-proclaimed expert, the spiritual narcissist, and always with an itchy social media trigger finger. Enough already with the pithy disrespect for big ideas. www.charlesbursell.com

The architect of hate is dead, his loathsome legacy lives. Also: boycott chocolate, President Joe dances, re-booting lockdown, and there's nothing natural about "natural" disasters. www.charlesbursell.com

Lessons and revelations spring from an obligatory phone call to an elderly aunt. Woody Allen, Charlie Brown, David Brooks, Bob Newhart and The Pope find their way into this very odd episode of The Log. www.charlesbursell.com

Okay, here's the deal: MAGA is dangerous, BLM is nonviolent, Global Warming really does cause record cold, "cancel culture" is played, and Van der Veen's spoonerisms were hilarious. www.charlesbursell.com

The Impeachment acquittal puts us all back to work: Dems, do good government. Legal entities, put the him in jail. And voters! The Republican Party is now officially a Fascist party. Kill it. www.charlesbursell.com

The defining characteristics of Republican complicity and white supremacy in the Capitol attack are ignored because they serve neither side in an adversarial impeachment trial. www.charlesbursell.com

Democratic Impeachment managers bring new light and weight to a story that's even worse than we knew. www.charlesbursell.com

While pollution kills millions annually, right-wing Fossils cling to whale oil and spittoons. But climate revolution in both policy and narrative ARE possible.   www.charlesbursell.com

Racism, violence, corporate schmaltz, radical centrism, cancel culture, and the Big Lie. From the Super Bowl to an Impeachment trial, this is the most American week ever. www.charlesbursell.com

School should be a place to learn, not a catch-all social service, and definitely not a child warehouse freeing up worker parents to produce profits for Wall Street. www.charlesbursell.com

Psychologists say focusing on the needs of others will improve your mood. That's good advice for the whole nation. www.charlesbursell.com