by Thom Hartmann | Jul 22, 2023 | Opinions & Commentary
Republished with permission from Thom Hartmann. Earlier this week, The New York Times published a partial exposé of Trump’s plans for his second administration. It involved basically turning America into Russia or Hungary, where the president becomes the singular...
by Steve Schmidt | Jul 21, 2023 | Opinions & Commentary
Republished with permission from Steve Schmidt. The truth is that I was always a “Baghdad Bob” fan. He entertained me. I still remember the astonishing moment when he denied that the American Army had reached the Baghdad Airport as their tanks passed behind him. It...
by Thom Hartmann | Jul 20, 2023 | Opinions & Commentary
Republished with permission from Thom Hartmann. The easiest and laziest way for a state government to deny its citizens a benefit to which they’re entitled is to wrap it in so much paperwork, make people jump through so many hoops to qualify, that they give up in...
by Ren Brabenec | Jul 18, 2023 | Opinions & Commentary
Originally published by Tennessee Lookout At the time of his death in 1940, Major General Smedley Butler was the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. Yet in the last decade of his life, Butler became an outspoken critic of U.S. wars and imperialism. He had seen...
by Marty Kassowitz | Jul 16, 2023 | Opinions & Commentary
There has been plenty of commentary on how Republicans, who have been chasing the car of abortion rights for so long, now that they’ve caught it they don’t know how to deal with the bumper stuck in their teeth. The religious far right, which has had a few...
by Peter Kjenaas | Jul 13, 2023 | Opinions & Commentary
The individuals who want us at one another’s throats have captured the game. It’s about that simple. Read, or more likely watch, just about any “controversial” story or even just the headlines about social issues, finance, security,...