Commentary Yesterday it was “out of wedlock child birth, divorce, single parent homes and abortion;” today it’s “Black people, frankly.” In an Around the Block post last week, America may be broken beyond repair, the featured photo I chose was a screen shot from a campaign ad from Blake Masters, a man running for theContinue reading “As mass shootings become a daily event, GOP theories as to their cause become ever more outrageous”
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I live in Florida. Ron DeSantis is my governor. Woe is me!
Commentary His latest demonstration of authoritarianism: blackmailing the Special Olympics. In closing my story yesterday, Just when you think the GOP can’t any get worse, it gets worse, I posed several questions. One of those questions was this: “How do you feel about our great country when your fellow citizens continue to elect people likeContinue reading “I live in Florida. Ron DeSantis is my governor. Woe is me!”
Just when you think the GOP can’t any get worse, it gets worse
Commentary The inane comments by three GOP Congressmen this week don’t bode well for progress on gun control, or anything else for that matter Just when I thought the GOP solutions to gun violence in schools including, arming teachers (because armed trained police professionals at schools has worked out so well), limiting access doors andContinue reading “Just when you think the GOP can’t any get worse, it gets worse”
America may be broken beyond repair
Commentary At least that’s what Michele Goldberg of the New York Times thinks. Unfortunately, I agree. I’m tired. I’m sad. I’m angry and I’m frustrated. It’s often been suggested to me, after I post a particularly provocative or contentious column, “Good column. But what are you going to do about it, except get if offContinue reading “America may be broken beyond repair”
Georgia on my mind
Commentary Texas is really on my mind…but Georgia’s a close second The horrific events of Tuesday at the Robb Elementary school overtook, rightfully so, another disastrous news event that day: the Republican primaries in Georgia. But before I opine on those primaries, I feel compelled to pass on two more thoughts about the Uvalde, TexasContinue reading “Georgia on my mind”
19 students, two teachers killed in Texas elementary school shooting
Commentary American Exceptionalism at its worst. When will this stop? I was out with a friend yesterday afternoon. When I returned I switched the TV on and heard the horrific news: 14 children in the 2nd 3rd and 4th grades and one teacher were murdered at a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. As my headlineContinue reading “19 students, two teachers killed in Texas elementary school shooting”
The Nation: Insurrectionist Doug Mastriano Should Be Barred From the Pennsylvania Ballot
Commentary Details of Mastriano’s involvement with the coup attempt are overwhelming—and disqualify him under the 14th Amendment, argue constitutional lawyers. John Nichols writes in The Nation today, “Donald Trump’s choice for governor of Pennsylvania, state Senator Doug Mastriano, was affirmed last week by Republican primary voters who followed the former president’s order to nominate a candidate whoContinue reading “The Nation: Insurrectionist Doug Mastriano Should Be Barred From the Pennsylvania Ballot”
The Buffalo shooter had plenty of co-conspirators: the Republican Party and Fox News stars
Commentary By spewing “race replacement theory,” the right, politicians and pundits alike, are culpable in this massacre. As is GOP leadership for their criminal inaction for not reigning in the crackpots in their party or supporting gun control. The mass shooting in Buffalo on Saturday was tragic. It was horrific. Average people out food shoppingContinue reading “The Buffalo shooter had plenty of co-conspirators: the Republican Party and Fox News stars”
Witch hunt here, witch hunt there, is there a witch hunt everywhere?
Commentary But, what is a “witch hunt” anyway? With the news that the five GOP Congressmen who have been subpoenaed by the January 6th Committee characterizing the subpoenas as a “witch hunt,” I thought it appropriate to take a quick look at what a witch hunt is. Oxford, which naturally uses the English spelling ofContinue reading “Witch hunt here, witch hunt there, is there a witch hunt everywhere?”
“A house divided against itself, cannot stand.”
Commentary Almost 164 years later, those words are truer than ever. On June 16, 1858, in accepting the Illinois Republican Party’s nomination as that state’s U.S. senator, Abraham Lincoln began his speech with these words: “A house divided against itself, cannot stand.” At the time, the divide Lincoln was referring to was slavery. He wentContinue reading ““A house divided against itself, cannot stand.””
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