Israel/Hamas: Yes, Two Things Can Be True at Once
As horrid as the news coming out of Tel Aviv and the Gaza Strip has been, choosing sides based on which atrocity is worst leaves no room for a negotiated outcome. President Joe Biden recognized this...
View ArticleThe GOP Sipped the TEA but Drank the MAGA Poison
In 1994 Texas Republican Congressman Dick Armey teamed with then Minority Whip Newt Gingrich to draft the Contract with America. That was the first salvo into what has morphed into an ultra-right...
View ArticleNo Baby Ever Called Hamas a …
Many older Americans are the product of the political system of the 1960s. Protest and protesters were based on real injustices, and the kids were right. The parents of these Archie Bunker “pinkos”...
View ArticleVote Against Guns
My signoff for anything I have written has been ‘Vote Against Guns’ for at least a year. On Tuesday, November 7, the first of those times has come for many jurisdictions. It is sexier to concentrate on...
View ArticleA Dozen Eggs, A Gallon of Milk, and 2 lbs. of Autocracy
Sunday morning show political gabber George Stephanopoulos asked the one-time candidate for House Speaker, Steve Scalise, “Can you say unequivocally the 2020 election was not stolen?” {Stop me if you...
View ArticleTrump Things That Make You Go Hmmm...
It has been barely a year and a half since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Republicans who had hoped and thought that abortion would be condemned to the trash bin of history are preceding it....
View ArticleWhat a Difference an Election Day Makes
After panicked Democratic experts clutched their pearls over a downbeat Biden poll a year out from the next presidential election, the coattails of Joe Biden swept across the electoral landscape. If we...
View ArticleThe Code: Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Philadelphia
The mentioning of certain cities to conservatives, bigots, anti-Semites, and homophobes prompts a conditioned reflex. Russian physiologist and neurologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov most famously researched...
View ArticleIn this Corner…
As someone admittedly guilty of watching and enjoying professional boxing (the ‘sweet science’ for those of us groping to justify it), yesterday’s actions in Congress were embarrassing to the nation....
View ArticleHow about Finding Some Facts
Antisemitism, anti-Muslim, anti-Black, anti-woman, or any other anti(s) do not reveal your smarts; they generally reveal your prejudices. The recent reemergence of a two-page manifesto from terrorist...
View ArticleLet the Handwringing Continue
Now that a new NBC News poll has added to the flop sweat of Democratic strategists and given the reins to cable news to mount Seabiscuit and enter the election derby, the stories of discontent with Joe...
View ArticleA Turkey on the Menu
Whether you drove, took a train or plane,or bicycled to a relative’shome, many of us are spending the morninggathering the ingredients from the pantry to contribute our specialty to...
View ArticleCollective-Selfishness is an Oxymoron
Every four years,the ultra-leftloses its collective mind while indulging in itsselfishness.I am still raw from 2016 when actor Susan Sarandon made a public appeal for revolution instead of voting for...
View ArticleCan We Finally Stop with Mike Pence
For more thana year, I have been pumping the breaks on the MikePence hero worship, along with better minds than me. Yesterday,the collective media finally jammed the brake pedal to the floorboards....
View ArticleElections are not Binary
It is widespread belief and even logical to say that elections are binary: two parties, two candidates, and one outcome. I contend that elections are not binary. I do not mean the Green Party or the...
View ArticleRacism is Driving Republican Politics
The only black Republican Senator[Tim Scott] has said more than once that race is no longer a determinant in American life. Senator Scott has railed against people who say America is a racist country....
View ArticleHolidays at the Kids’ Table
Many of us are coming off a festival of green beans, collards, and either overcooked or undercooked potato salad (some, unconscionably, with raisins). The meal featured a once-a-year (okay, maybe twice...
View ArticleWell, He’s Not Perfect, He’s Just Joking
This past weekend, I took a media blackout to reset, rethink and regenerate. I screamed and yelled at the bad calls, great catches, and stunning runs during the many football games. I succeeded in...
View ArticleThey Just Said No…
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the United States Congress yesterday, and the Republicans returned to the failed policy of “Just Say No.” Zelenskyy came to Congress, ushanka in hand,...
View Article'Til Death Do Us Part
Once the new breed of Republicans is wed to an idea, they believe in literal, ‘til death to America, do us part. Like a pioneer wife, they will endure beatings, philandering, financial stress, and...
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