by Tennessee Lookout | Jan 18, 2024 | Opinions & Commentary
Republished with permission from Tennessee Lookout, by Ren Brabenec Millions of women lost half a century of legal protection following the overturning of Roe v. Wade in SCOTUS’s 2022 Dobbs decision. The ruling has led to a patchwork of wildly different laws across...
by Marty Kassowitz | Jan 17, 2024 | Opinions & Commentary
So Trump just won the Iowa Caucuses for the start of the 2024 Primary season. This was very predictable, but this tells a sad tale on many levels. First, the Republican Party and a majority of its voters are in lock step—or should we call it goosestep—behind a man who...
by Thom Hartmann | Jan 16, 2024 | Opinions & Commentary
Republished with permission from Thom Hartmann Some white people really don’t want to hear that if they’d been born Black their lives would have almost certainly been much harder. It shatters their ability to cling to the number one most important aspect/benefit of...
by Daily Montanan | Jan 14, 2024 | Opinions & Commentary
Republished with permission from Daily Montanan, by Marc Racicot There are four qualifications set forth in the U.S. Constitution that must be met before any “Person” can be placed on the ballot and run for the Office of President: 1) you must be a “natural born...
by Thom Hartmann | Jan 13, 2024 | Opinions & Commentary
Republished with permission from Thom Hartmann Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley had a spitting match Wednesday night on CNN as they fought for, well, something. Vice president? Unlikely. Beating Trump? Probably not. Book deal? Who knows? Anyhow, during the “debate,” they...
by Marty Kassowitz | Jan 12, 2024 | Opinions & Commentary
It is easy to say, “Vote because it is your job.” It is a completely true statement. But if voting is your job, what’s the full job description? A good grounding can come from an education in Civics, that long-lost subject many of us had in school...