Attorney General William Barr delivered a shameful performance on Thursday, just a few hours before releasing a redacted version of the special counsel’s report on Russian interference in the […] Continue Reading…
The U.S. needs immigrants
April 19, 2019 By Leave a Comment
For years now, ultra-conservative politician Patrick Buchanan has been at the leading edge of the hysteria over the prospect of imminent and decisive demographic change — a hysteria that […] Continue Reading…
GOP doesn’t want you healthy
April 19, 2019 By Leave a Comment
In 1961, a young actor named Ronald Reagan made a recording that denounced a plan in Congress to provide free health care to all Americans at or over the […] Continue Reading…
The cynicism of anti-abortion crowd
March 29, 2019 By Leave a Comment
There is a profound cynicism, an ugly, jarring hypocrisy, at the heart of the battle to end reproductive rights for women, and nowhere is that fraudulent politics more vividly […] Continue Reading…
New Zealand gets guns right
March 29, 2019 By Leave a Comment
The United States used to be the nation that others around the world admired — the trend-setter, the standard-bearer, the first among equals. But we’ve given away our place […] Continue Reading…
Cheating your way into college
March 15, 2019 By Leave a Comment
You’re shocked to learn that wealthy parents allegedly paid bribes to get their children into elite colleges? Really? You shouldn’t be. Wealthy parents have been paying big bucks — perfectly […] Continue Reading…
The costs of that climate ‘hoax’
March 15, 2019 By Leave a Comment
A week ago, a series of tornadoes ripped through eastern Alabama and western Georgia, leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake. A rural area of Lee […] Continue Reading…
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