Not All Lies Are Created Equal

Not All Lies Are Created Equal

It never ends. The press still does not know how to handle the avalanche of lies that is MAGA’s chief contribution to our national life. I understand, sort of. It’s dull and time-consuming to bird-dog every false accusation, wild assertion or factual...
Not All Lies Are Created Equal

Don’t Nuke the Senate Filibuster

Why is it that the politicians keep referring to America as a “democracy”? How many times have we heard that former President Donald Trump is “threat to democracy”? Well, yes, we are a democracy. We vote in and out of office our politicians....
News From Around the South, 9/30 to 10/7

News From Around the South, 9/30 to 10/7

NORTH CAROLINA: Trump Vows to Restore Fort Liberty to Original Confederate General’s Name Fort Liberty in North Carolina could revert to its former name honoring an unsuccessful Confederate general if former President Donald Trump is reelected in November. At a...
Not All Lies Are Created Equal

Deal or No Deal?

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practice to deceive.” —Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) The case of the Gitmo plea agreement keeps getting curiouser and curiouser. A few weeks ago, we learned that a plea agreement had been entered into by way of...