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Let’s cancel ‘cancel culture’

We’re now deep in the thralls of a full-blown Dr. Seuss conspiracy.ThatÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ according to Fox News and assorted Republicans.ItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ supposedly the result of overzealous liberal thought-police, with their hopes of canceling stuff that makes them feel uncomfortable.Problem is, thatÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ a ...

Ending the easy-as-it-goes filibuster

On April 10, 1964, at 4:55 in the afternoon, President Lyndon Johnson spoke on the telephone with Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia about a federal judgeship.In the course of their conversation, preserved on tape and available on the internet, LBJ briefly raised the subject of the Senate ...

‘Blue collar’ Biden hails unions

At the tail end of his first 100 days in office, President Franklin Roosevelt signed a measure that afforded working men and women the right to join unions of their own choosing. The act was revolutionary. No union leader took it more to heart than the United Mine Workers’ John L. Lewis.The ...

The (non)conquering hero returns

He’d disappeared from public view, hours before Joe Biden officially replaced him as president.HeÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ back.Donald Trump resurfaced over the weekend.He did it with a vengeance.Who could be surprised by that?He conniption-fitted his way across that oh, so, garish stage at the recent CPAC ...

Rescuing the economy, and more

The next few weeks will be crucial ones for Democrats and Joe Biden, for Republicans, for the country as a whole.For in the next few weeks Congress will consider and then pass a COVID-19 relief measure – President BidenÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ American Rescue Plan.As of today, two – actually three – ...

Ted Cruz: The Prince of Smugness

When they made Ted Cruz, they broke the mold.Strike that!I meant they broke the mold before they made Ted Cruz.Then they cast him.Since then, heÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ acted accordingly.Cruz wasn’t well known beyond the state of Texas when he arrived at the U.S. Senate on Jan. 3rd, 2013.He immediately made ...