14 Jul, 2024
Democrats and Republicans Don’t Actually Hate Each Other!
Democrats and Republicans Don’t Actually Hate Each Other! by Melinda Burrell 526 words Scenes from a bipartisan effort in the...
14 Jul, 2024
8 Jun, 2024
Republican Hubris in Courting Black Voters
by Andrew Moss 827 words There’s a breathtaking hubris at work when a political party seeks to suppress the votes...
23 Oct, 2023
The Doubtful Future of the American Experiment
The Doubtful Future of the American Experiment by Mel Gurtov 938 words Signs of Decline Peter Baker, the outstanding New York...
15 Oct, 2023
Boxes
Boxes by Tom H. Hastings 446 words Little boxes, made of ticky-tacky…–Malvina Reynolds When someone is determined to ignore the...
2 Apr, 2023
Profits of Doom: Military Contractors Rob Us Daily
Profits of Doom: Military Contractors Rob Us Daily by Tom H. Hastings 876 words It’s Budget Season in DC and...
25 Jan, 2022
Integrity MIA
If you look at how polls and politics are shaping up, it is shamefully obvious that Republicans, in general, simply do not represent what most Americans say they want.
21 Oct, 2021
Gravy train: Corporate profiteering on national defense
A long time ago, Gordon Adams introduced the term “iron triangle” to characterize the interlocked relationship of the Pentagon’s military services, the corporations that contract with it to build weapons and provide services, and the Congressional committees that vote on military appropriations—in short...
10 Oct, 2021
Two parties: Two countries
We have a two-party political system, one that evolves with time, people, and circumstance...
7 Oct, 2021
The Thread of Truth
In my college days I was a conservative republican. I voted for Barry Goldwater, and Ronald Reagan. But I gave up on the party during the presidential election of 2008...
5 Jun, 2021
Where Are the “Other” White Men?
The political opponents of the Democrat Party have a lot of problems; one big one is their name.
11 Mar, 2021
Voter suppression: Jim Crow revisited
Ever since its founding, the United States has been attempting to build a society around those wounds, on the belief that hyped-up language...
11 Feb, 2021
Stealing the vote, building a wall
Stealing the vote, building a wall by Robert C. Koehler 936 words Published in: LA Progressive, Black Star News, City...
24 Dec, 2020
Minority Rule in America?
"On October 7, 2020, Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah tweeted, “Democracy isn’t the objective..."
5 Sep, 2020
America’s Ugly Flaw
“Sometimes it seems like we live in a huge loony bin where things make no sense…” James A. Haught Published...
25 Jul, 2020
My prayer
“Barely three months from now, the 2020 election may reveal whether America’s white evangelical “religious right” finally is losing political...