America’s gun laws are shot through with irony and illogic. Some would want you to believe that our national attitude regarding guns reflects a
Author: Gloria Shur Bilchik
Trump says he’s not afraid of the NRA. Yeah, right
At his made-for-tv bipartisan meeting with Senators and Congressional representatives, Donald Trump said that, unlike others in the room, he isn’t “afraid of the
Trump’s SOTU DACA dis: All Americans are Dreamers
Buried in the 90-minute smorgasbord of exaggerations, lies, false conflations and middle-school platitudes passed off as a State of the Union Address on Jan.
The twelve months of Trump [A Christmas sing-along]
In his first month in office, he insulted with a Tweet: A US Attorney named Preet. In his second month in office, he insulted
Seven words now banned at the Centers for Disease Control
If you work at the Centers for Disease Control—the nation’s top public health agency—you are now officially banned from using the following seven words:
Lessons learned: Kelli Dunaway’s candid take on running for office
First-time political candidate Kelli Dunaway thought she had a shot at unseating Ann Wagner, the conservative Republican Congresswoman from Missouri’s 2nd District. She never
Pocahontas: Native Americans respond to Trump’s latest slur
At a ceremony honoring Native American code-talkers, Donald Trump managed to work in one of his favorite slurs—calling Sen. Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas.” I don’t
A lexicon of sexual misconduct: There’s a word for what he did to you
When a 94-year-old ex-president gropes your backside, is it sexual assault, sexual harassment, inappropriate touching or what? As women, at long last, feel confident
The truth about the estate tax: You’re probably not going to have to pay it
The latest incarnation of a Republican tax “plan” includes repealing the estate tax. Republicans love to give it an evil connotation by referring to
31 State lawmakers who resigned in shame in 2017 [or should have]
If I have counted correctly, at least 31 legislators in 24 states resigned in disgrace [or should have] in 2017. This development is shocking,