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Bret Favre and other cheats

In his successful 1980 campaign for the presidency, Ronald Reagan prominentlyfeatured the prospect of welfare fraud, citing the case of a Chicago “welfare queen” whodefrauded the government of hundreds […] Continue Reading…

DeSantis channels George Wallace

Late in his life, his body broken but his perspective perhaps broadened, GeorgeWallace may have regretted his career as a champion of racism. His daughter, PeggyWallace Kennedy, certainly thinks […] Continue Reading…

Banning the Big Lie

Couy Griffin is no longer a county official in New Mexico. That’s because he failed the most basic qualification for an elected representative in a democracy: He participated in an insurrection […] Continue Reading…

GOP healthcare hypocrisy

In a much-watched video recorded in mid-August, a South Carolina Republican legislator — a member of the “pro-life” crowd— recites a litany of gloomy statistics related to the welfare […] Continue Reading…

Modesty demanded, mercy rejected

MOBILE, AL. — You have probably heard about the sideshow put on by Alabama prison officials just before a scheduled execution late last month: A female reporter was hounded […] Continue Reading…