After Barack Obama was elected, it seemed that America had a new normalcy, one that some described as “post-racial.” For any who took that
Category: Democracy
Red Hen Incident reminds us of the wisdom of Michelle Obama’s words – “When they go low, we go high”
Is it understandable that the frustration of living in a world with the duplicity of Donald Trump, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and others would want
American Community Survey: Is it useful? Is it safe?
I filled out the U.S. Department of Commerce’s American Community Survey today, and I’m wondering: Does this thing yield anything useful, and do I
Quick Quiz: Which one of the twelve items below has nothing to do with a civilized society?
You cannot be forced to have someone stay in your house of you don’t want them to be your guest. If you are arrested
Time for students to patronize adults; not the other way around
So many adults think that it is so cute, even enlightening, when a student such as Emma Gonzalez at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
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.
Don’t lose the forest from trees with the shutdown
This is mainly about Mitch McConnell and the archaic rules of Congress. But first let’s give a kudo to Chuck Schumer and the other
Leaders Who Lie: The Sorting Hat
President Trump began his Presidency by falsely asserting that his Inaugural crowd was larger than Obama’s, a claim easily refuted by comparing aerial photographs
Tom Steyer: The Fresh Air of Politics without Begging for Money
One of the refreshing things about going to Tom Steyer’s “Need to Impeach” web site is that there is no “DONATE” button. He wants
Is it my hang-up, or society’s, that we are so tolerant of poverty?
As is self-evident, Republicans are gung-ho on cutting taxes because there is very little that government does that they truly value. The bigger the