Looking back to Eric Cantor's surprising re-election loss in 2014 to uncover the root causes of present-day anomalies in the American political landscape.
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I am Ashamed to be an American, Part One
I’m ashamed to be an American, an Italian-American, a Hispanic-American, an African-American, what have you. If there’s got to be an “American” suffix to complete the descriptor of my national identity, then I have to resign myself from now on to wear it as a badge of dishonor; and so should you!
Read More »Party-Neutral Dollar Woes Led to Trump Election
The economic divide exploded into the sunlight with the ascendance of the Tea Party movement, identified more or less with the right wing, and the Occupy movement on the left. The difference between those two phenomena was more cultural than philosophical.
Read More »DVD Review: ‘Family Guy – Volume Eleven’
Overall, I would rank Volume Eleven as better than the Volume Ten (and Nine and Eight...), though not as good as some of the earlier releases.
Read More »Cruz Control Runs Government Adrift
Sen. Ted Cruz had to apologize to WWII veterans. Now he should apologize to the whole country for using all of our suffering to further his own political fortunes.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Ava’s Secret Tea Party’ by Donna Shepherd
An enchanting book about a little girl who invites three magical beings to a special tea party.
Read More »Book Review: Desperate Sons: Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and the Secret Bands of Radicals Who Led the Colonies to War by Les Standiford
Go back in history and view the beginning of the American Revolution through the eyes of its participants.
Read More »Don’t Wake Them, Let Them Sleep
Republicans don’t see the need to expand the party beyond white men if they can suppress the vote of the rising minority. I say more power to them. Don’t wake them, let them sleep.
Read More »How The Tea Party Helped Obama Defeat the GOP
Obama won the election, but wouldn't have kept control of the Senate without support from the Tea Party. That's right, the Tea Party helped him win.
Read More »Election 2012: Referendum on Extremism
The American people have spoken.
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