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Student Loan Forgiveness Is Deranging Republican Politicians Aug. 27, 2022
Our country is suffering through a gigantic Republican freakout right now, one precipitated by the n... Read More
Democrats Will Lose 2022. They Can Win 2024 if Biden/Harris Say They Won't Run Jun. 10, 2022
For the foreseeable future, the Democratic Party is in trouble. In today's essay I will describe jus... Read More
Republicans Finally Weighed In on Climate Change Last Week. It Wasn't Pretty. Jun. 07, 2022
The U.S. lost massive ground in combating climate change during the Trump administration, a recent r... Read More
Jan. 6 and the Rule of Law May. 14, 2022
The House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol announced on Thursday that it has... Read More
Complaining and Whining Isn't a Winning Strategy, as Democrats Learn the Hard Way May. 11, 2022
It wasn't so long ago when Missouri was a purple state, up for grabs by whichever party did the best... Read More
Against 'Principled Loserdom' Apr. 22, 2022
I was in New Haven this past week for a couple of events at Yale, one of which was a William F. Buck... Read More
CNN's 'Reality Check' Falls Apart Feb. 11, 2022
Donald Trump-obsessed journalists can't help but notice some "cracks" in his "cult." Sen. Mitch McCo... Read More
Partisan Politics Cloud the Capitol Riot's Significance: Neither Republicans nor Democrats Can Be Trusted to Give an Honest Account of What Happened That Day Feb. 09, 2022
You may have heard that the Republican National Committee described last year's Capitol riot as "leg... Read More
Republicans Censure Two True Conservatives -- And Confirm Their Party Is a Cult Feb. 08, 2022
When future historians seek to pinpoint exactly when it was that the Republican Party stopped being ... Read More
Will Democrats Ever Learn? Feb. 03, 2022
President Joe Biden's latest attempt to modify Senate filibuster rules is abysmal and politically na... Read More
Today's GOP Is Defined by Political Nihilism; That's Bad for Everyone Jan. 21, 2022
The question President Joe Biden asked this week regarding Republicans 00 What do they stand for? &#... Read More
Trump for Sale Nov. 19, 2021
In a suburb near my mid-sized city, there is a commercial building on a corner. Across the street is... Read More
Calls for Book-Burning a Logical Next Step in the Right's Classroom Hysteria Nov. 18, 2021
Two school board members in Virginia last week called for the burning — yes, burning — o... Read More
America's Identity Is at Issue in Biden's Multi-front War With Texas Nov. 11, 2021
On issues as varied as voting access, abortion rights and vaccine mandates, the Biden administration... Read More
Biden's Infrastructure Victory Over Extremists Right and Left Is a Win for America Nov. 09, 2021
A sad running joke under the Trump administration became a happy reality for President Joe Biden lat... Read More
Biden Democrats Lose Big -- And on Cultural Issues Nov. 05, 2021
President Joe Biden returned the morning of Nov. 3 to a nation that no longer supports him or his pa... Read More
When Substantive Issues Don't Win Voters, GOP Resorts to the Cultural Wedge Nov. 05, 2021
Republicans have, for decades, made significant political advancements by exploiting voter ignorance... Read More
The Democrats Lose, Claim They Have No Media Support Nov. 05, 2021
The terrible election results for Democrats are going to lead to some terrible conclusions. One may ... Read More
Democratic Moderates Aren't the Answer to Right-Wing Republicanism; They're the Cause Nov. 05, 2021
Another election, another shellacking. Democrats are returning to the political reality that predate... Read More
Democrats' Progressive Swing Proved a Bad Miscalculation in Tuesday Vote Nov. 04, 2021
Democrats have badly overplayed the hand they were dealt when voters in 2020 gave them control of th... Read More
