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Thursday, March 28, 2024

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Reining In The Crazy

    The 2024 Legislature’s best moment so far came when Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat referred to two of his chamber’s chief demagogues as...

Bad Actors Stage Political Theater

“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances.” Familiar words now, but for...

Red Flags Are A-Flyin’

    BY KEVIN ACERS Ryan Walters’ face must be stinging from all the red flags flapping around him. Surely at least one has snapped across his...

Time To Get Rude

When a fox attacks a hen house, is it uncivil for the hens to raise a ruckus? Two Supreme Court justices say it is. Elevating...

A Tale Of Two Contagions

Real life froze four Marches ago. Clocks stood still. Memory turned into before and after. The Covid pandemic claimed more than a million American lives. We...

Are These Republicans Mocking Social Conservatives?

South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace was in Washington telling a story about how her "fiance" wanted more action in bed earlier that day. "And...

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