Not only did Democrats regain control of both chambers of Congress in the mid-term election, they did also by jamming a radical spear into the heart of the GOP elephant, a spear wielded by the Democratic Socialists of America. The DSA found itself high-stepping over the elephant corpse on its sought-after goal of smashing capitalism […]
Almost 60% of Californians believe their state is heading in the wrong direction. Yet voters again gave the Democratic Party total power in the state to continue its decadeslong mismanagement. It is hard to blame only Democratic leadership for California’s woes when voters themselves pass ballot propositions that repeat the mistakes that have put the […]
The finger-pointing has begun. Or rather, the single finger pointing away from the Oval Office has begun. In a display of political predictability that surprises absolutely no one, President Donald Trump spent the early hours of Wednesday morning executing his favorite strategic maneuver: blaming everyone else. Because in the eternal Trump doctrine, accountability is an […]
All highly developed nations and even most underdeveloped nations grant state pensions — what we call Social Security — to their senior citizens. The first time a fixed finish line at a certain age was established for such a stipend took place in Germany in 1889 under the tight-fisted conservative leadership of Chancellor Otto von […]
Americans have cast their ballots. Now they should be able to expect something in return: leaders willing to work together to make their lives better. A small business owner meeting payroll and a parent stretching a paycheck have every reason to demand that Washington turn the election’s arguments into progress they can feel. Former President […]
One of the more shocking developments of the recent midterm elections was the transformation of Texas from a red state to a blue state, with Democrats being elected as governor, lieutenant governor, and to the Senate. However, some of the statements made by James Talarico, soon to be Texas’s first Democratic senator in over a […]
