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The ‘terrific panic’ of ‘small men’

Every fall should be a reminder of that far-off day on which the fate of the republic was decided, at least tentatively. I know it is for me. I never fail to recall the bloodshed and horror and hope. To do so this year may be more important than ever – for then, like now, the future appeared ...

Lauren BoebertĢƵ roaming hands

Lauren Opal Boebert is a Republican firebrand with a never-ending appetite for attention.She represents ColoradoĢƵ 3rd Congressional District, with no shortage of provocative political views.Last February, Boebert, and her fellow troubled congressman, George Santos of New York, were among the ...

Mine workers and the UAW strike

On an April day in 1937, John D. Mallory, “demonstration chairman,” and John P. Depto, toastmaster of that yearĢƵ Mitchell Day celebration for coal miners in Brownsville, messaged mine workers’ president John L. Lewis.At the parade and later at the banquet highlighting the April 1 ...

LetĢƵ impeach everybody!

“Today, I am directing my House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden,” announced Republican House Speaker and whipping boy Kevin McCarthy last Tuesday.Despite the ominous sound of that proclamation, itĢƵ McCarthyĢƵ political career thatĢƵ in ...

Protecting the founding documents

The Constitution is housed, under glass for safekeeping, at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The romantic and the realist might together say: wrong, it resides in the hearts and sinews of the people of the United States.The parchment on which the Constitution was first written is now ...

Sen. Tommy Tuberville should stand down

I’m a Vietnam Vet.As a result of the time I spent in Vietnam, I’ve been deemed 100% disabled.I don’t have much time for people who disrespect the military.I have no patience for those people who would use the military for their political chicanery.Tommy Tuberville is one of those ...