by Georgia Recorder | Nov 4, 2023 | Opinions & Commentary
Republished with permission from Georgia Recorder, by Jay Bookman Lt. Gov. Burt Jones came up with a helluva idea the other day. He wants to turn Georgia teachers into guns for hire. Mr. Smith, the kindergarten teacher? Mrs. Sanchez, the media specialist? Literally,...
by Steve Schmidt | Nov 2, 2023 | Opinions & Commentary
Republished with permission from Steve Schmidt [Originally published 30 July, 2022, this piece makes reference to various candidates in the 2022 mid-terms, some who won and some who did not. However, the lesson of Avner Less in his long confrontation with the pure...
by Florida Phoenix | Oct 27, 2023 | Opinions & Commentary
Republished with permission from Florida Phoenix, by Diane Roberts The American Association of University Professors recently conducted a survey of faculty in Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, and Texas, finding the state of higher education in the South is not...
by Thom Hartmann | Oct 24, 2023 | Opinions & Commentary
Republished with permission from Thom Hartmann For far too many years, Americans have made the mistake of assuming that our republican democracy will be safe as long as we elect competent and well-intentioned politicians as leaders. Sadly, that’s like thinking your...
by Kansas Reflector | Oct 22, 2023 | Opinions & Commentary
Republished with permission from Kansas Reflector, by Cindy Entriken How I long for the days when Republicans elected to public office in Kansas were sane—as in approachable, willing to listen and discuss alternative perspectives, willing to compromise so that...
by Marty Kassowitz | Oct 21, 2023 | Opinions & Commentary
As we move into the third week of the House of Representatives flopping around without a Speaker the questions of how the hell we got here are inevitable. It is not like we have not had a paralyzed Congress before, we had one when there was a Speaker—Kevin McCarthy....