Last week, USA Today published an opinion editorial column attributed to Donald Trump titled "Democrats 'Medicare for All' plan will demolish promises to seniors."
Immediately, Washington Post fact-checkers got to work.
And what they found was nothing short of astounding.
It turns...
Do you have difficulty saying ?no?? Are you always trying to be nice to others at the expense of yourself?
Well, you're not alone. In the past, I was not good at saying ?no?, because I...
When Kristen Hampton, a reporter for WBTV in Charlotte, decided to get a mammogram on the air last month, she thought she was only doing it to help women see that getting one wasn't that...
2018 mid-term elections are weeks away.
Are you registered to vote?
Do you know where your polling place is?
Why don't you take a moment to check.
Ten years ago the Republican party was licking its wounds after the...
Conservatives love to blame our economic woes on social safety nets, specifically Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), aka "food stamps."
They have convinced large swaths of supporters and talking heads...
As primaries for November's mid-term elections happen all over the country, our attentions are again on election integrity.
We are all aware by now Russia had an enormous hand in influencing the outcome of 2016.
And although...
Have you seen any of these headlines?
“Bernie and His Army Are Losing 2018” (Politico, 8/8/18)
“Democratic Party’s Liberal Insurgency Hits a Wall in Midwest Primaries” (Washington Post, 8/8/18)
“The Far Left Is Losing” (US News &...
True or false: New York has one of the most progressive voting systems in the nation.
Yes, New York's governor, Andrew Cuomo, is a Democrat.
Yes, New York is a solidly "blue state," like California, Vermont, and...
There has been another mass shooting in America.
Yesterday's shooting at a Jacksonville, Fla. video gamers’ competition makes the 235 mass shooting in this country to date.
The 24-year-old gunman--whose name is withheld to prevent providing publicity--is reported to have opened...
The famous electoral prognosticator Larry Sabato recently shocked a CNN host when he boldly proclaimed that he believed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton would win the presidency with 352 electoral votes. Looking at the math,...
Many teachers are veterans.
Many serve as reservists in their states' national guards.
But serving students as a classroom teacher is not tantamount to military service.
Is it?
Based on data from Defense Department (DOD) news releases, a new Washington...
An informative blog was written over at Daily Kos by War on Error about bills the GOP has voted against to support veterans. Personally, I'm not counting because there is a distinct pattern to the...
815 million people around the world went hungry last year.
This, according to the latest data from the United Nations, is the first increase in global hunger in more than 15 years.
Sweeping initiatives from nations all...
Russia is holding an American citizen as a political prisoner.
Yes, you read that right.
Russia is holding an American citizen as a political prisoner.
Why you haven't heard about it is a very good question.
WMBA basketball player...
Amid the glaring problems with the Republicans' rewrite of our tax code, there is another issue that should concern us--time.
Is there enough of it to allow America to adjust to the changes since several provisions in...
There was a time in the not-so-distant past when President Donald Trump's Chief of Staff John Kelly was considered the sane one in Trump's cabinet.
That was until he defended Trump's attack on Rep. Frederica Wilson when...
As the second anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic nears, focus is naturally on the number of infections, deaths, and hospitalizations, especially as scientists closely watch the omicron "close cousin" subvariant, BA.2.
While infection and mortality rates...
Well, it happened.
Despite overwhelming opposition (including a bomb threat that temporarily evacuated the hearing room), and requests for delay from 18 state attorneys over concerns of a corrupted public comment process, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) yesterday repealed regulations protecting...
A friend shared an article on my Facebook timeline that explained "Why Liberals Are Smarter Than Conservatives" by Satoshi Kanazawa. The article was originally written for Scientific Fundamentalist.
Some of the highlights:
Liberals usually support such social...
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...