Assessing the Debt Deal
The Parties Are Invested in Conflict, Not “Bipartisanship” We’ve had several days now of relatively empty worship at the altar of bipartisanship, even while... Read more.
DeSantis Whiffs Early, Often
We All Understand That DeSantis Is Making Himself a Mini-Me to Trump Despite his botched announcement, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has jumped into the Republican presidential... Read more.
Counting Debt Ceiling Votes
For American Voters, Businesses, Citizens, None of This Debate Is Serving Economic Interests or Security or Altering the Price of Eggs and Milk. We’re just shy... Read more.
Rely on the Poets, Not the Politics
77 Percent of Parents Are Extremely or Very Concerned About Book Banning By now, the successful one-parent challenge to remove Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem-book,... Read more.
Got a Disaster Plan?
We Need A Plan for the Debt Ceiling Crisis, Not More Politics As the endless political posturing continues, we all can understand that the debt ceiling game of chicken... Read more.
Ukraine and the Debt Crisis
Ahead of a promised, sustained “counteroffensive” push against the invading Russian military, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is winning renewed and heightened... Read more.
Politics and Violence
The Rising Wars of Words That Mark Our Public Political Lives Are Giving Way To Increasing Numbers of Physical Violence What we know is that a middle-aged man walked... Read more.
Well, What About Mental Health?
“Mental Health” Without Definition or Actual Legislative Remedy Has Become the new “Thoughts and Prayers” Mantra The renewed, knee-jerk reaction among Republican... Read more.
CNN, Trump and Seeking Audience
The Full Donald Trump Was Allowed to Run Loose Clearly, all of us except Donald Trump are having trouble separating Donald Trump the presidential candidate from... Read more.
Missing Late-Night Tragicomedy
We All Need the Jokes Right Now It was a night when we really miss those late-night television comedy writers. The writers couldn’t have gauged that in calling... Read more.