For women, Kavanaugh’s confirmation is about more than Roe v. Wade
The word "women" appears in the Democratic Party platform 49 times. By comparison, the word "men" appears four times.
Category Archives: Opinion
Dems’ Plans Sabotage Workers
Would you rather show up at work on time or stretch out on the sofa and watch TV? Stupid question. Most people punch a clock out of necessity.
Has Keith Ellison Repented of His Call for Censorship?
It's good to see that Rep. Keith Ellison's shocking letter to Amazon, calling for blatant censorship, has been removed from his website . But has he publicly renounced his letter, both in spirit and in substance? If not, then Ellison's missive represents just one more example of the radical left's attempt to suppress and silence opposing views.
Charlie Mitchell: ‘Roadgate’ has promise as issue in governor’s race
As things stood, there was no red meat on the table if, as expected, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves squared off with Attorney General Jim Hood in next year's contest to be governor of Mississippi.
Can Trump’s chief diplomat cast light on Helsinki?
Can Trump's chief diplomat cast light on Helsinki? More than a week after the Trump-Putin private talks, America still doesn't know what happened: Our view Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2uMnLC3 When Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies before a Senate committee Wednesday, Americans might finally get a better idea of what their president negotiated in secret last week with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. If any U.S. official other than Donald Trump knows what happened during those two hours he spent with Putin, it should be his chief diplomat.
.com | On the road back to Mandela’s progressive values
The celebration of Nelson Mandela's 100th birthday last week and former US president Barack Obama's address at the occasion brought warmth to my heart, but also caused me to ask with Obama: Were we who believed in a progressive vision of tolerance, a common humanity, a caring, open society and social justice nave? Is this vision dead? "Progressive" is the key word here. Many associate it with left-wing political thinking, others with liberalism, yet others claim the title but are anything but progressive.
What are Democrats really running on?
The editorial was so filled with hyperbole, half-truths and untruths that I found it difficult to decide which issues to address. Pure socialists believe in government ownership of essential industries such as munitions, telephone, electricity, transportation and postal services.
Joe Guzzardi: Melting down over ICE
Calls to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement began as whispers, but today are a lion's-roar demand, at least among illegal immigration advocates and their congressional allies. Early on, the loudest end-ICE voices were the usual suspects, with California Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris leading the pack.
Federal-agency judges should be impartial, not beholden to a department heada s agenda
If you were embroiled in a dispute over claims for benefits or federal enforcement actions, your case would probably end up before an administration law judge . These judges - of whom there are more than 1,900 across the federal government, 1,600 in the Social Security Administration alone - oversee trial-like hearings and adjudicate a range of administrative and regulatory questions.
5 commentary Eugene Robinson: There is just one way to constrain this …
Washington a Last week it was Russia, Russia, Russia. This week began with a bombastic, all-caps screed about Iran - and, of course, more wailing about the purported "Mueller Witch Hunt."
As Trump’s latest lies implode, one party tries to smuggle out…
The release of new documents relating to the genesis of the Russia probe - and President Donald Trump's response to those documents Monday morning - throw the asymmetry between the parties that is the driving fact of our politics right now into perhaps its starkest relief yet. Broadly speaking, many Republicans have tacitly enabled or actively aided in efforts to pervert the basic functions of government in service of preventing the full truth about Russian sabotage of U.S. democracy from becoming publicly known, all to shield Trump from accountability.
.com | The overlooked positives from the Trump-Putin Helsinki Summit
US President Donald Trump has faced an unrelenting barrage of criticism in the wake of last weekend's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Most prominent were scathing articles published on CNN, one of America's largest news networks: What is truly heinous, however, is that the positive aspects emanating from the Helsinki Summit have been completely overshadowed by the narrow, mass hysteria-driven media coverage.
Purple Heart remark offensive
At times it was rather contentious and disruptive by some of the members of Congress. I tried to keep an open mind, however I became angry when the hearing was turned over to U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee.
Google fine way over top
EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager holds a press conference Wednesday to announce a record $5 billion antitrust fine against Google. Google "800-pound gorilla" and the answer that you're likely to get is ... Google.
Google fine is excessive
Google "800-pound gorilla" and the answer that you're likely to get is a Google. The tech giant, technically a subsidiary of Alphabet, dominates the internet search realm and its Android operating system is installed in about 80 percent of personal devices worldwide.
Carter Page warrant reflects attack on our civil liberties
If the information in the FBI's Carter Page warrant constituted probable cause for wiretapping an American political campaign, then the process and the officials involved in it carried out one of the most significant known violations of American civil liberties in recent history. The documents released over the weekend reveal quite clearly that the only information that even remotely connected Page and the 2016 campaign to Russia came solely from Fusion GPS dossier and a Yahoo News report that was based on the same information from the same source.
Putin Speaks Code: Does Trump Understand?
Back when word first leaked that Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort and Donald Trump Jr. had met with a Russian lawyer and others offering dirt on Hillary Clinton, President Trump seemed to think he was supplying an exculpatory cover story. Flying home from Germany on Air Force One, Trump reportedly instructed Don Jr. to claim that he and the Kremlin-linked lawyer had "primarily discussed a program about the adoption of Russian children."
PARKER: A tough stretch for Republicans
It's been a tough stretch for Republicans these days. On Monday Sacha Baron Cohen punked Phillip van Cleave of the Virginia Civil Defense League and Larry Pratt of Gun Owners of America, who both make the NRA look like Everytown for Gun Safety by comparison.
Clearing up budget oversimplifications
With the current political climate, I expected the divisive rhetoric of this election season. I did not expect the battle lines to be drawn so explicitly between the talkers and the doers.
Will New Jersey send a Republican to the Senate?
Or from reading the "public letter of admonition" sent by the U.S. Senate's Select Committee on Ethics to Robert Menendez, the Democratic incumbent seeking a third full term representing New Jersey. Nationwide, Democrats are defending 26 Senate seats, Republicans only nine.