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”
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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?”
Cruising, Covid, and Trump being Trump
Commentary What I learned about America and Covid from a cruise vacation and its aftermath Today is Wednesday, March 30, 2022. After returning from an eight-day Caribbean cruise on Sunday I began to get flu-like symptoms. I took a rapid Covid-19 at home on Monday morning. It was positive. I don’t know if any ofContinue reading “Cruising, Covid, and Trump being Trump”
Can it get any worse? I’m talking about Ketanji Brown Jackson’s SCOTUS confirmation hearings!
Commentary When you combine the reprehensible conduct of GOP senators, with the total deceit of the court Judge Jackson is striving to be on, one wonders, should SCOTUS stand for: Shameful Court of the United States? (Note: This is a longer than usual story. But it is also a more important than usual story. IfContinue reading “Can it get any worse? I’m talking about Ketanji Brown Jackson’s SCOTUS confirmation hearings!”
The “Party of Lincoln,” and the “not-so” Grand Old Party (aka, the GOP)
Commentary Around the Block and Heather Cox Richardson unpack Republican amnesia and deceitfulness Heather Cox Richardson is an American historian and professor of history at Boston College. She previously taught history at MIT and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In her spare time Professor Richardson publishes a daily email newsletter, Letters from an American. Her mostContinue reading “The “Party of Lincoln,” and the “not-so” Grand Old Party (aka, the GOP)”
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