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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Saturday, October 12, 2024

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1980s Flashback: The Iran-Contra Affair

In 1987 a previously obscure member of the Reagan Administration testified before a special Congressional committee. This committee was investigating what appeared to be...

We Can Improve Climate Quality

On Sept. 23, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research issued a 2024 Planetary Health Check that said, “Six out of the nine Planetary...

Right To Vote

The announcement of 453,500 voters removed from the rolls in Oklahoma should be a wake-up call. No, not because of anything nefarious. It’s a...

A Political Day In Court

Election 2024 is certainly as classic an American courtroom drama as sure as "Twelve Angry Men." The contrast, nay contradiction, between the two leading witnesses...

Trump Really Did Try To Kill Obamacare

Donald Trump tried to kill Obamacare. If elected to a second term, he would try to kill it again. No, the former president didn't save...

Contempt For Democracy

The latest filing by Special Counsel Jack Smith makes clear that Donald Trump and his aides had nothing but contempt for democracy in his...

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