CNN’s New Appeal to the “Poorly Educated?”
Now that the public has gotten a gander at the recent ratings of CNN, it is not surprising that their meandering turn to the right is tanking the station. Mark Joyella penned an article for Forbes...
View ArticleThe GOP’s Dictionary of Hate
Anyone steeped in politics knows the name, Frank Luntz. Luntz bills himself as a consultant and pollster but has spent much of his career developing talking points for the Republican party. Mr. Luntz...
View ArticleIt’s Not What They Say; It’s What They Want
After visiting the D.C. jail last Friday with about a dozen of her colleagues—including two Democrats to fact-check Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s group of insurrectionists sympathizers, Greene...
View ArticleYes, It is the Guns | Commentary
I am sympathetic toward people who are bullied and ridiculed, especially kids. I have even more empathy for the mentally ill, who are the victims of violence more than offenders. Three nine-year-olds...
View ArticleOur Kids are Dying: It is No Time to Lose Focus
The scope and scale of yesterday’s indictment of former President Donald Trump are again grabbing the headlines. Much like his history, the Trump story to this point is vague, nasty, and undergirded by...
View ArticleWhy are Republicans so Anxious to Break the Law?
In a statement filled with unproven claims and veiled anti-Semitism, Governor Ron DeSantis is volunteering to break the law. DeSantis is entitled to exercise his First Amendment right to free speech,...
View ArticleOpinion | The Consequences of Not Seeing Color
I realize skin color is the world’s most distinctive identifier, but that does not mean it should be dismissed. I have heard the well-meaning phrase in my nearly seventy years of earthly life more...
View ArticleForget the Dog Whistle; This Was a Bullhorn
The Tennessean reported State Sen. Janice Bowling, R-Tullahoma, wanted the Tennessee secretary of state and the state election commission to investigate the 2020 election, including presidential and...
View ArticleAmerica, We Don’t Have a Crime Problem; We Have a Gun Problem | Commentary
The FBI and other crime reporting agencies have consistently released data verifying falling crime since the 1990s, but it seems we feel more unsafe than ever. The varying diet of crime statistics fed...
View ArticleTennessee Lawmakers Wearing Racism on Their Sleeve
Had the Republican members of the Tennessee House not been so anxious to wear their racism on their sleeves like GOP Congresspeople wear AR-15 pins on their lapels, the Tennessee Three would be two...
View ArticleFake Fox News, We Need to See It | Opinion
The lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News began jury selection Thursday in anticipation of what may be a landmark defamation case. Dominion’s case revolves around what may be the...
View ArticleThe Backfire of Single Issues Voters
The modern Republican party has relied on single-issue voters since the 1980s. Ronald Reagan demonized the gay community, letting them die without intervention from the AIDS virus. George W. Bush...
View ArticleRupert Murdoch: The Truth About Fox News' Lies is More than Malice
Studying marketing in the 80s, I learned that for every single complaint about a place of business, the anger is conveyed to at least nine other people. What does that have to do with Fox News, you...
View ArticleFox News: The Place That Cried Woke | Opinion
Before America puts to bed the 787.5 million dollar settlement between Fox and Dominion Voting Systems, we should examine the words of Andrew Lester’s grandson, Klint Ludwig. Mr. Ludwig decried his...
View ArticleThe Air is Leaking from the Conservative Bubble
The recent firing of Fox News host Tucker Carlson should serve as a lesson on what withdrawal from a bastardized ideology looks like. The latest victim of the conservative drug coursing through the...
View ArticleSuperman was Adopted
Some of America’s most iconic music, politics, and sports heroes were adoptees. Some were chosen more traditionally, like professional wrestler Ric Flair (Wooooooo). Two presidents were adopted by...
View ArticleOpinion | Ignore Successes… Is He Too Old?
For the entirety of my political experiences, I was convinced of the old saw, Democrats fall in love, and Republicans fall in line. In the case of President Joe Biden, liberals have not only fallen out...
View ArticleStop the Wannabe Deadbeats, Pay Our Bills
My head spins when the subject of cryptocurrency or non-fungible tokens comes up. Admittedly my economic knowledge and thoughts are limited to balancing my checkbook, but like everyone with elbows, I...
View ArticleAmerican Al-Qaeda, No More Fun, and Games
The abominable treatment of Anita Hill allowed a corrupt jurist to be a member of the Supreme Court. It has come to light that in 2000 Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and the intrusion of the...
View ArticleVictims, Over and Over
Poet and playwright Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote, “It’s not true that life is one damn thing after another; it’s one damn thing over and over.” Bloggers, columnists, and doodlers—professional or not,...
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