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The House Showed the Senate the Way, Time After Time Dec. 28, 2022
The People's House to Senate: hello, we are what American democracy — and demographics —... Read More
Trusting The Republicans Oct. 28, 2022
No delusion misleads American voters more than their certainty that Republicans are "better" and mor... Read More
Are You 'Looked Down Upon'? Do You Care? Sep. 27, 2022
It's a commonplace gripe in Trump world and aligned planets that "elites look down on me." The elite... Read More
Assorted Nuts Sep. 21, 2022
Let me say one word to you: Nuts. Now, let me say a name to you: Ted Cruz. They've become synonymous... Read More
The Loser Party Sep. 07, 2022
Former President Donald Trump is not on the ballot as a Senate candidate this year. And yet Wednesda... Read More
Seniors Paid Into Social Security and Medicare. Hands Off Them, GOP Aug. 16, 2022
For the second time this year, a key Senate Republican has suggested that Social Security and Medica... Read More
In This Crisis, States Should Get a Lot of Federal Money May. 21, 2020
The economic collapse precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic has been a disaster for a multitude o... Read More
Rick Scott Chased the Hispanic Vote and Got It Jan. 15, 2019
Nine years ago Rick Scott, then a Florida businessman, sat down with a group of self-described jaded... Read More
Florida Recounts Dredge Up 2000 Election Nightmare Nov. 18, 2018
Almost two decades after the infamous Florida recount to determine the 2000 presidential election, v... Read More
Keep Calm, Florida, and Count On Nov. 14, 2018
It's been about 18 years since the nation focused on a massive recount story and asked, "What the he... Read More
Empower Voters, Not Lawyers Nov. 14, 2018
If Americans are losing confidence in elections, don't blame Russian hackers. The damage is self-inf... Read More
Environmental Malpractice Washes Onto the Beach Aug. 21, 2018
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency over an environmental disaster that he ins... Read More
Immigration Policy Both Nasty and Ineffectual Jun. 05, 2018
President Trump's sound and fury on immigration has delivered close to nothing. Trump never lets up,... Read More
Trump's People Would Dirty Everyone's Nest but Their Own Apr. 26, 2018
It's easy to tell when the Trump administration has nasty plans for the environment. The officials i... Read More
Against Gun Control: the 'I Want To' Factor Feb. 20, 2018
So, let's imagine that in response to the Parkland, Florida, mass shooting, the government, federal ... Read More
Offshore Drilling and Trump's War on the Environment Jan. 14, 2018
It's rare to see bipartisan agreement on much of anything these days. But an array of Republican and... Read More
Our Children, Our Dreamers Apr. 30, 2014
Show of hands, please: How many of us can remember a time in our childhood when we told our parents ... Read More
Feds' 3 Tentacles in the Common Core (Part 1) Nov. 12, 2013
In 2007, a group of governors and state education chiefs got together to try to remedy the declining... Read More
The Progressives' Freedom Agenda Aug. 31, 2011
The third week in July, Republican Gov. Rick Perry said that the U.S. Constitution — whose 10t... Read More
Palin Looks Prescient in Primaries Aug. 26, 2010
Weak tea was served up Tuesday in elections across the country. Small-government, anti-incumbent tea... Read More
