P45’s predilection for nasty comments toward those who criticize him is well known. His circle of defenders and acolytes politely describe the disorder as “hitting back hard.” This defect has morphed into a legend, especially during his tenure in Washington,… Read More ›
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It Happened Here
By Barbara Baum Levine It seems as though every news cycle is introduced by the word “unprecedented.” We reel in wide-eyed amazement at every action taken by the current Administration and ask how we got here. This week, we’ve watched… Read More ›
Remove Trump and His Senate Enablers
Editors’ Note: Reposted from The Washington Post, June 1, 2020. George Will is a well-known conservative columnist. By George F. Will This unraveling presidency began with the Crybaby-in-Chief banging his spoon on his highchair tray to protest a photograph —… Read More ›
When Is Old Too Old?
By Frank Blechman I am a baby boomer. You’re welcome. I am now in my mid-70s, shorter, fatter and slower than I was 50, 40, or even 30 years ago. My children are grown and living on their own. I… Read More ›
Crumbs for the Hungry, Windfalls for the Rich
Editors’ Note: Excerpted and sourced from The New York Times, May 23, 2020, from a column by Nicholas Kristof. Kristof’s OpEd column caught our eye mostly because of the outrageous financial benefit it dissects. At the same time, the sheer… Read More ›
The Future: Campaign Staff Unions
Editors’ Note: Sourced from Huffpost, May 4, 2020. While candidates for office proclaim allegiance to and platforms to benefit unions and their members, the failure of those same candidates to create and offer union membership and benefits to campaign workers… Read More ›
Electoral College Subverts Democracy
Editors’ Note: Sourced from The Washington Post, May 17, 2020. By E. J. Dionne Jr. A dangerous virus lurks in our republican democracy. It’s the electoral college. If you doubt this, please read the transcript of the Supreme Court oral argument last… Read More ›
Where Are They Today? Jesse Ventura
JESSE VENTURA Fans surely recall Jesse “The Body” Ventura v. Hulk Hogan on Christmas Day in 1982 (Hogan won.) Ironically, it was in St. Paul, Minnesota–the state where Ventura was born and he would govern from 1999-2003. Today, at 68,… Read More ›
We Deliver For You. Now Deliver For Us.
Email inboxes are bombarded by messages from a wide selection of sources. Many are easy to identify and delete; others often offer tantalizing messages in the subject line that may cause a brief pause. The messages from political activists are… Read More ›
How Will Catholics Vote in 2020?
In June 2016 at a rally in Los Angeles, candidate Trump gestured to the right toward the crowd and roared, “Look at my African-American.” By September 2019 that African-American told PBS that he had resigned from the Republican Party, finding… Read More ›