The Humor Games are almost always won by the left-wing comics. Whether it’s Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Larry Wilmore, or whoever, the last laugh
Category: Republicans
Midterms: Democratic Party didn’t give people a reason to vote
It’s absolutely true that Mitch McConnell and the Republicans obstructed every Democratic initiative. On the other hand, Democrats didn’t give people a reason to
RIP Democratic Party: The best of the 2014 election post-mortems
The average American lost big in the midterm election yesterday when their last, best, if imperfect, hope, the Democratic party, was, in legislative terms
Don’t overthink it: What happened in the 2014 election is simple
Almost all of the analysis of the election results is over-complicated at best and wrong at worst. This professor has it exactly right, in
Obstructionism works
Perhaps the Democrats will be able to avoid losing the Senate tomorrow. I hope so, because if they don’t, we are in for a
The billionaire’s blimp
Talk about overinflated: Missouri’s own right-wing billionaire and political meddler—Rex Sinquefield—has found a novel way to pump up support for his latest pet project.
The minimum rage: Wisconsin edition
With all the talk of raising the minimum wage, there is one state that shouldn’t have any trouble at all doing just that. Why?
Inside the mind of a low-income Republican voter
We Democrats keep asking ourselves why in the world poor people vote Republican when it’s the Democrats who build and defend programs that will
The political grandmaster behind the big chess tournament in St. Louis: Rex Sinquefield
I have nothing against chess. But for those of you following the big chess tournament here in St. Louis, it might be interesting to
Immigration foes say, “Immigrants steal our culture.” Why they are wrong.
I recently saw a Facebook post entitled, “Here’s All I Want.” It included four wishes: “Obama: Gone!” “Borders: Closed!” Language: English!” “Culture: U.S. Constitution