Some people posit that the Republican brain and the Democratic brain complement one another, somewhat like yin and yang. The theory would be that
Category: Republican Brain
What Republicans could learn from a dead baseball player
Republicans could learn a lot from just-deceased baseball legend Yogi Berra, like “when you come to a fork in the road, take it.” They
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
A whimsical look at why Trump is a Republican
Imagine if Donald Trump had entered the 2016 presidential race as a Democrat. He could have; there is no law that would have prevented
Amtrak crash shows disconnect in Republican Brain
Every once in a while, we get a clear view of a major disconnect in the Republican Brain.This certainly is true with the responses
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
Republican voices, listening to themselves
What happens when Republicans get together to talk about current issues? Michael Bersin, of Missouri’s Show Me Progress blog, recently sat in on a
Boots on the ground, working for democracy
“The government this.” “The government that.” These are often the lead-ins for criticisms from right-winger malcontents. To them, it is as if the government
The pope, the president and the public schools
Sometimes progressives don’t agree with conservatives, and the gist of the differences are about policy issues. Other times, one or perhaps both sides of
The lack of conscience of a conservative
Not too long ago my differently-abled brother wrote his congresswoman, Republican Ann Wagner (MO-2), about an issue that is important to him. Like many