To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
The Saudi Gambit To Elect Republicans
Only suckers believe that President Joe Biden is responsible for the price of gasoline, but then we all know that a sucker is born every minute, which explains a lot about our politics. The propaganda about oil prices now emanating from the Republican Party, which blames Biden for energy costs, is designed to conceal a […]
The Virginia Model
One particularly noisy piece of the GOP’s current “culture war” bunkum is “critical race theory.” For 60 years, critical race theory has been a little-known field of study by academics, examining racism’s central role in shaping our society. In the last few years though, a covey of right-wing operatives has seized the phrase, shrieking that critical […]
Trump’s Latest Legal Blunder
By now, it has become clear that President Donald Trump’s hopes that the appointment of a special master would derail the Justice Department’s investigation of him have proven to be short-lived. The Mar-a-Lago nightmare continues for the former president, and nothing about the appointment of the Special Master will derail it. The president clearly wasn’t […]
There Is No Polio Emergency. Stop Saying There Is
No, polio is not a threat to the vast majority of Americans. That’s because the vast majority has received a very effective polio vaccine. And that’s also why public officials should stop turning a concern centered on a few under-vaxxed communities into everyone’s problem. But Gov. Kathy Hochul did just that when she declared a […]
When Red States Are Dying For Federal Aid
On his very first day in Congress – long before he began to preen as a potential presidential candidate – Ron DeSantis proved he was unfit for national office. The date was Jan. 4, 2013, and he cast his maiden vote on the House floor against $9.7 billion in federal flood insurance aid for victims […]