Perfectly Legal, But Wrong
When “perfectly legal” is a lame excuse for doing the wrong thing
Society and Politics
Is Cruelty the New Cachet for Young Republicans?
I Love Hitler? Politico recently reported on how a group of Young Republican leaders gleefully engaged in hate speech by texts that were racist, misogynistic, and even antisemitic. These individuals are alleged to be emerging leaders for a future GOP. Most...
“I’ve had it with these Democratic Domestic Terrorists!”
(The quote paraphrases the GOP "leader" who is two heartbeats away from the Presidency.) Previously, Trump, GOP politicians and news outlets on “the right” repeatedly claimed that Democrats were “radical left lunatics” who were “demonic.” Many people who plan to...
Rhetoric vs. Reality in the ICE Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants
This is a video was of Lee Stinton, from was accosted by an ICE agent recently; he was told by the agent that he looked Mexican. He was from Lisburn, Northern Ireland, clarified this to the officer, and had his paperwork ready. In short, he was ethnically...
I got Kimmel cancelled, but it’s all good! ––I was just “jawboning”
Brendan Carr, as FCC Chair, made threats against ABC relating to the broadcast of Jimmy Kimmel’s show. Legal experts, free speech advocates, public officials, and the ACLU have argued that Carr’s conduct violates the First Amendment by silencing the company (and...
Political Violence? No, Let’s Do Politics “the Right Way.”
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, accusations flew furiously from “the right” that “left wing radicals” were responsible. And, it might indeed turn out that Sullivan had been radicalized by leftist rhetoric, most likely on increasingly toxic and unhinged social...
Epstein, Trump, and the “Manosphere”
Jeffrey Epstein has risen from the dead. Whether by suicide or skullduggery, he died in his jail cell 7 years ago during the first Trump administration. He remains a symbol of male misogyny and pedophilia, which is why Donald Trump would like folks to forget all...
119 Dead in the Texas Flood –– but the “Blame Game” is Alive and Ugly
The flash flood of July 4 along the Guadelupe River in Texas has claimed at least 119 lives. As of July 9th, 2025, another 160 people are still missing. In our highly partisan politician environment, it didn’t take long for the blame game to begin. But the...
That Billionaire Boondoggle Bill
That Big Beautiful Bill that Just Passed? Well it is a big one, but . . . .what beauty is there in running up huge fiscal deficits, putting U.S. government’s creditworthiness at risk, all to give billionaires more tax breaks and cutting back health and food benefits...
Oh Those Demonic Democrats!
Our political polarization has taken a very ugly (and violent) turn. Repeatedly, many on “the right” insist that Democrats are doing the Devil’s work. And those same folks will cloak themselves in the language of Jesus Christ, will prominently display...
Our Very Passionate Border Czar
Homan is passionate about enforcing the law, but overlooks that a far better law could have been passed without Trump’s interference.