Victor Luftig
vl1959.bsky.social
Victor Luftig
@vl1959.bsky.social
English professor, Democrat, Mets fan. Views expressed are my own and definitely not those of my employer or its discredited Board.
Yeah, you guys called this.
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Well, the evident vigilance of those troops suggests that the threat level is high.
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Thanks for posting this--seeing it, we rushed out and got a look.
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Tuesday's voters thought they were getting an opposition party, not a capitulation party. Schumer is clearly not fit to lead such an opposition, not at the present moment. Replacing him with a leader who can be persuasive in December is how you keep building momentum.
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Congratulations and thank you. I hope identifying a potential replacement for Senator Kaine (if he resigns, as he should) is part of your agenda.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It's great that he eventually developed strong relationships with the families of the dead--but the recording falsely defames them, and at the time of the song I was told that it was a source of considerable local resentment. www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
Gordon Lightfoot changes Edmund Fitzgerald lyrics
A new documentary on the Edmund Fitzgerald has convinced Gordon Lightfoot to alter his legendary folk song.
www.thestar.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This seems like a potential disaster.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I so deeply regret every penny I've donated to your campaigns, every minute I spent volunteering for them, every bit of support I've given you. You'll never have another. Please resign as soon as Governor Spanberger is in office.The deaths of those who'll lose health care are on you.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Shame on you. The deaths that will result from loss of health care are on your head.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The corrosive effects of public figures' daily betrayal of trust: if we cannot look up to Chive Lord, how may the empire stand?
November 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Obama was regularly mocked and criticized for his self-control. Our culture demands it unequally. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
How women and minorities are claiming their right to rage
Why do many think it acceptable for the white judge Brett Kavanaugh to lose his cool in public, but not the black tennis champion Serena Williams?
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Well-made piece of writing. I particularly like the third-to-last paragraph.
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
No reason to pay _any_ attention to her. Here's someone running against her. He deserves the attention. www.shawnforgeorgia.com
Shawn Harris for Georgia | Democrat for Georgia's 14th District
Shawn believes that more important than being on Team Red or Team Blue is being on Team Georgia — squarely on the side of hard-working Georgians trying to build a good life. That means listening to ou...
www.shawnforgeorgia.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Hearty congratulations!
November 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM