Stars and Stripes Forever
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Curious how some anti-Semitism is overlooked while some instances of people being critical of Israel can be seen as a deportable offense. Do we as a country believe in free speech for all or only for some? Clearly the only…
Read MoreThe Signalgate group chat scandal was a particularly galling display of incompetence. Perhaps the only silver lining was seeing Elon Musk knocked down a peg. Why wasnt he on the group chat? And better question – if Jeffrey Goldberg of…
Read MoreWith the world lurching from crisis to crisis, President Trump has made clear what truly demands his attention: a portrait of himself hanging in the Colorado State Capitol. Not inflation. Not foreign wars. Not climate disasters or a fraying social…
Read MoreThe recent stock market turmoil is as erratic as Trump’s signature – full of sharp ups and downs…. but trending down. You don’t have to be a graphologist to know that only a complete narcissist would sign his name the…
Read MoreThis is what happens when you put people who despise government in charge of governing. They sabotage the system, hollow it out from within, and then point to the wreckage as proof that it never worked in the first place.…
Read MoreLets all drink beer and tailgate at the new and improved Kennedy Center. This is what you get when people who abhor fine art place them themselves in charge of fine art. I cant wait to see the Jan 6…
Read MoreTrump is not just closing the Department of Education, he’s created a whole new Department of Miseducation
Read MoreA little USAID goes a long way. Remove aid and hunger leads to famine, medical shortages lead to pandemics, economic hardship leads to depression which leads to mass migration which begets fascism and even war
Read MoreAfter Ten Years of Hamilton, We Can Admit the TruthBy Heywood Reynolds It’s been ten years since Hamilton premiered off-Broadway at the Public Theater, and it’s time to admit something: it wasn’t that good. At the very least, we should…
Read MoreI’m old enough to remember when the Republican wine mixer only served dry whites – now a mish mash of nothing good.
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