Kitchen Table

Recent commentaries and essays

A Dissent for the Ages

John Paul Stevens as a new Supreme Court Justice in 1976, (Image via Wikimedia)
Justice John Paul Stevens's enduring critique of Citizens United.

Now it’s Our Time

Now it’s Our Time
Governor Chris Gregoire offers the case for same-sex marriage.

Out of the Nuclear Basement

Tamosaitis and Tom Carpenter appearing on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show
Rachel Maddow shines a light on Hanford dissident Walt Tamosaitis.

The New Obama?

President Barack Obama at the White House earlier this week.
In a Kansas speech, the President evokes the spirit and words of Theodore Roosevelt’s fight against inequality and the power of concentrated wealth.

“We Hold the Cure.”

Chief Justice Barbara Madsen during the 1/27/11 oral arguments.
Chief Justice Barbara Madsen's frank and inspiring speech about race and justice in Washington state.

Word of the day:

Prescient

Image via Wikimedia
"They possess an uncanny tendency to exacerbate the worst in each other," he'd written.

Read all about the political history of Spokane

Click the image to read:The Political History of Spokane

Welcome

Kitchen Table is a state of mind based, loosely, on a real table just around the corner from the Fish Bowl. If you have comments, ideas, or would like to contribute photography or art for the Kitchen Table, please drop me a note at: tconnor@cforjustice.org. --Tim Connor, CFJ Communications Director