Support for Confederate symbols and monuments follows lines of race, religion, and education rather than geography. “. … . .though the Civil War was a battle between two regions of the country, sympathy for the MORE
This is a portion of a discussion for Salon yesterday between Dean Obeidallah, writer for Salon and Andy Borowitz who wrote “Profiles in Ignorance: How American Politicians got Dumb and Dumber.” The three stages of MORE
Ukrainian soldiers feel they are fighting for national liberation, while the Russians appear to lack camaraderie. This contrast is critical The Ukrainian video shows several hundred Ukrainian troops, singing the country’s national anthem in the open air, MORE
Last week Dr. Anthony Fauci, the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institute of Health announced that he would be retiring at the end of the year after a long MORE
The Republican Party long ago slipped under the sheets with the religious right to become bedfellows in the culture wars, encouraging bigots, misogynists and Christian zealots to insist that others live by their morals (or lack MORE
“The company’s purchase of iRobot, the maker of the Roomba, likely has little to do with cleaning floors. “Earlier this month, Amazon announced that it was buying the Roomba vacuum maker iRobot. On the surface, MORE
The big question remains after the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago — what could they have been searching for? To obtain a search warrant, three criteria have to be met. Someone is under investigation. The warrant MORE
Tucker Carlson is “shitting himself” over the possibility that texts between him and far-right conspiracy loon Alex Jones will leak, according to a source close to the Fox News star. Carlson and the raving Infowars MORE
“If there’s a powerful Democrat who has given his party as much heartburn as Sens. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), it might well be Attorney General Merrick Garland. A party base anxious MORE
Well, at least they’re finally telling the truth. And why shouldn’t they? Their big plans for America are no mystery. The contemporary Republican Party has become the world’s largest white supremacist organization, and now also MORE
Activist filmmaker Michael Moore shared a personal manifesto on Independence Day backing women and Blacks, and opposing every single Republican, declaring he “will not shut up” until his goals are met. I, Michael Moore, standing MORE
I get that we’re gearing up for July, which is the month for Star Spangled Banners, fireworks and the annual parade and festivities reminding us Americans of freedom and independence. But, sorrynotsorry, as a female MORE
Caturday. A day created on the Internet to honor, celebrate and insult and question Felis Catus, our enemy, our friend, “half in-half out” in the words of Constantine, the comic book character who needs cats MORE
“. . . .Two days after the horrifying events of the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021, Twitter announced that it was suspending Trump’s account permanently, in accordance with its policy on inciting violence. The daily clamor MORE
Adeline Chen, Senior Producer at CNN, speaks of reproductive rights in the context of her recent miscarriage. For nearly every day of 2022, I’ve become all too aware of the emotional and physical cost of MORE
The following focuses on an opinion article by Jack Shafer, Politico’s senior media writer. Two Politico reporters plastered the internet this week with the scoop of their lives, puncturing the Supreme Court’s sacrosanct veil of MORE
The threats to democracy by the uprising of authoritarianism cannot be stopped by election defeats alone, says Ruth Ben-Ghiat, an expert on authoritarian leaders. A criminal conviction is the one sure way to defeat the MORE
Hunter Biden is causing a lot of trouble for Joe Biden, but where is there legal trouble? Vox broke down the investigation into three topics. Taxes, money laundering, and whether he was a registered foreign MORE
“The brutal war crimes being documented in Ukraine are a warning Americans should heed.“ Over the past several days, reporters and social-media users have documented what appear to be some truly horrific outrages perpetrated on the Ukrainian MORE
“Rather than take a side, these campaigns create decision paralysis that leads to inaction” As war envelops Ukraine, Russian sources have strived to create a miasma of disinformation about the invasion. Among ample efforts to MORE
From mid-December 2018 through early March 2020, Mick Mulvaney, a former member of Congress from South Carolina, served as President Trump’s acting chief of staff. On Mulvaney’s watch, the White House took a wrecking ball to checks MORE
The first step toward ending our voting wars is to recognize that every citizen should play a role in shaping our nation’s destiny. In the wake of changes that made voting more convenient, and resulted MORE
Fiona Hill, an expert on Vladimir Putin after many years of studying Putin and European history, had some sobering thoughts on the Ukraine conflict. Hill provided an extensive interview with Politico to discuss what she MORE
The following is adapted from an opinion piece in Common Dreams by Thom Hartmann. Earlier this week we talked about a bipartisan bill that would overhaul the United States Postal Service, see here. What follows MORE
By Angus King, Senator from Maine When I was Governor of Maine, I used to have a standing bet with my fellow Independent Governor, Jesse Ventura of Minnesota, about which of our states would have MORE