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The GOP: from political party to con syndicate The Republican Party has transformed into a national con syndicate. This is more evident than ever with convicted felon Donald Trump as its leader. But conning is what Republicans do. That’s clear enough from the lies they tell just to “own the libs.” Indeed, all they contribute… Read more.
It is self-evident that Donald Trump has transformed the Republican Party into little more than a cult – with members who worship him and officeholders who pledge unconditional loyalty to him. Hypocrisy in pursuit of power is a virtue, not a vice I have written many commentaries analogizing the lost Israelites forsaking their religious tenets… Read more.
Justice Clarence Thomas upstaged his conservative colleagues on the Supreme Court with his concurring opinion when they overruled Roe v. Wade (1973) last month. They defied common sense to argue that the rationale they were using to do so only applied to abortion. Read more.
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Political dysfunction and social unrest have had America marching towards another civil war for years. And I have been in the vanguard of those sounding alarms in commentaries like “Tribalism and Dysfunction in American Politics,” June 24, 2018, “Impeachment Vote Is as Much About Tribalism as Trumpism,” November 3, 2019, and “Republican and Democrats Began… Read more.
Frankly, America needs a new front in the abortion debate right now like a hole in the head. But that’s exactly what the documentary AKA Jane Roe seems intended to inflict. It premieres on Friday night. Norma McCorvey is the “Roe” named in the landmark US Supreme Court case – Roe v. Wade – that… Read more.
Last November Rush Limbaugh stoked the racially-tinged ignorance of the millions of “ditto heads” who tune in every day to his show by accusing Michelle Obama of exhibiting what he referred to as “uppity-ism”. This was how he described the graceful way the first lady returned the boos rednecks rained down on her during an… Read more.
And, just like Daniel, he comes out unscathed! To be fair, there was never any doubt that President Obama would be cheered more than jeered at Notre Dame. After all, despite the media hype about abortion, he could have begun his commencement address there yesterday by paraphrasing the way he began his speech at the… Read more.
