There's a common misconception that mainstream media outlets have an overt bias toward Democrats. This all started in the late 1970s with "pioneer of conservative talk radio" Bob Grant, who paved the way in the post-Fairness...
For a party so incensed over so-called "cancel culture," republicans sure have been doing a lot of canceling lately. They want to cancel the teaching of "Critical Race Theory" in schools even though schools aren't teaching...
Many may have been assigned in high school the legendary science fiction author Ray Bradbury's inimitable 1953 dystopic novel Fahrenheit 451. If not, briefly, it's a story about a future America in which books are banned, and...
In his speech last Thursday afternoon commemorating the first anniversary of the attempted coup against our government, President Joe Biden said: “Rioters rampaging, waving for the first time inside this Capitol, the confederate flag that symbolized the...
In his speech Thursday afternoon commemorating the first anniversary of the attempted coup against our government, President Joe Biden said: "Rioters rampaging, waving for the first time inside this Capitol, the confederate flag that symbolized the cause...
As the one-year anniversary of the attempted coup against our government approaches next week, we reflect on how close we came to losing democracy. The past year has provided a myriad of speculation, criticism, analysis, and...
Remember in 2016 when Trump famously claimed, "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters"? Shooting someone wouldn't cost him support. But the COVID vaccine certainly is. Many of...
Here are just some consequential accomplishments the Democratic party can boast of this first year of the Biden administration with a congressional majority: 5.6 million jobs created and a historic decline in unemployment. The most...
Despite promoting a racist, sexist, homophobic, misogynistic, oligarchic, anti-democratic agenda, the modern-day republican party has a distinct advantage over the Democratic party. It's in the messaging. "Build the Wall". "Lock Her Up". "Make America Great Again". "States' Rights" (although they...
How would you like to wake up one morning to the following headline: "Donald Trump Indicted for Criminal Racketeering"? Well, according to Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist David Cay Johnston, that headline may be breaking soon. In an interview...
Last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed creating a state paramilitary force that would answer only to him. He told state lawmakers he wants Florida taxpayers to pay for this to assist with “state-specific emergencies” so...
Remember back during Barack Obama's second term when republicans chanted, "Hillary Clinton Lied and Four Americans Died" after the Benghazi, Libya embassy attack? That little rhyme was the product of two years of congressional hearings that...
Author Mark Twain once said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” Last week, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) once again demonstrated its monarchical authority over democracy as it appears poised to strike down...
Randomly stop any individual at work, on the street, or anywhere else, and ask his or her opinion of the government. You're bound to receive responses like: "Government is too big." "The government screws up everything." "There's too much...
"Just as food is essential for the existence of life, voting is essential for the existence of democracy." Those are the words of iconic civil rights activist and progressive radio talk show host Joe Madison on...
Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of the American experiment? While we haven't slipped into full-on fascism yet, a recent Global State of Democracy (GSoD Indices) report from the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral...
Amid all the perfidy, cronyism, and disregard for democracy and the rule of law the former Trump administration is guilty of, one good thing that came out of four years of the most corrupt regime...
Protectionist trade policies aren't just good for American jobs. They're good for national security. As tensions heat up between the United States and China over Taiwanese independence, it's time re-evaluate who supplies us with the goods on...
One of the ways Donald Trump secured the republican nomination for president, and ultimately the White House in 2016, was his opposition to other GOP contenders on Medicare, Social Security, healthcare, and the Iraq war. While the other republicans–Jeb Bush,...
Last year, before losing the White House to Joe Biden, former president Donald Trump warned: "If he gets in, you will have a depression the likes of which you have never seen. Your 401(k)s will go...