Some Republicans are seeing the light about Donald Trump in the White House. While he may have led a Republican tsunami in 2016, his
Category: Ethics
Trump’s laughable conflict of interest plan
Experts in the field of government ethics apparently had to restrain themselves from laughing out loud at Donald Trump’s conflict of interest plan, as
Defeating supply-side economics with supply-side democracy
One of the terms with which Republicans couch their conservative views is supply-side economics. It sounds innocent enough, but history since the “Reagan Revolution”
The case for the 38-year old Supreme Court Justice
This is not complicated. Here are two reasons why it would be an excellent idea for President Obama to nominate someone approximately 38 years
The elusive connection we have to truth
Perhaps it’s always been this way; humankind has been more motivated by emotions than reason and the primary emotion that generates beliefs is fear.
Why journalists engage in so many false equivalencies
For some time, we have been examining why Republicans look at things so differently from Democrats. Much has been written about the Republican brain
Joe Biden talks about courage and empathy: a unique combination
Many people think that the Stephen Colbert interview with Vice-President Joe Biden on Thursday, September 10 was seminal TV. Both had suffered tragic losses
Abortion: Focusing on the real issues, not the distractions
Abortion opponents often like to dwell on minutia, such as whether or not Planned Parenthood profits from making embryonic organs available for life-saving research.
Department of Education promotes racketeering and Jim Crow in schools
There is so much that the federal government could do in education. Besides taking the obvious first step of reducing student loan rates to
Rep. Steve King tops all others in being anti-choice
At least one Republican has taken the anti-choice stand to a new level, and it has nothing to do with reproductive rights. Rep. Steve