This isn’t the piece I intended to write this week. I was going to write something celebrating President Joe Biden’s continued infrastructure streak with the administration’s announcement to start requiring the replacement of the country’s lead water pipes within ten years. I was also going to tout the $16.4 …

Considering today’s expulsion of NY Rep. George Santos, this poem couldn’t be more timely.

If the SCOTUS upholds the eighth circuit’s ruling, though, it could spell the end of the VRA — It’s been said before, and maybe it’s becoming somewhat of a cliche, but like all cliches there is truth in it: next year’s election is going to be the most important of our lifetimes. Yes, we said that in 2016. And in 2018 for the midterm elections. Then again in…

“We are a failing nation. We are a nation in serious decline. The real threat is not from the radical right. The real threat is from the radical left, and it’s growing every day — every single day. …

We still have time to prevent this — If we allow Donald Trump keys to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue again, it will be the end of American democracy. Think this is hyperbole? The Washington Post reported last week: Donald Trump and his allies have begun mapping out specific plans for using the federal government to punish critics and opponents…

It’s no secret the republican party hates regulations because they threaten to cut into their morbidly rich donors’ profits. This is why the GOP and its billionaire-funded right-wing hate media machine are pushing the lie that the provision in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to provide the Internal Revenue Service…

The question is worth a closer look — No, Amazon Alexa did not claim world war three will start next month, despite a viral social media post. But it sure looks as though a lot of some of the world’s most powerful nations are gearing up for something consequential. Maybe not next month. Hopefully not ever. …

While the world’s eyes are on the Middle East again as more violence there threatens global security, back here at home there is a sadistic plot afoot to make the United States the next country to ditch democracy in favor of strong-man autocracy. No, we are not talking about the…

Let’s start by stating the obvious: Hamas is a brutal terrorist organization and its attack on Israeli civilians last week is inhumane and barbaric. Now to the uncomfortable part. Just as Osama bin Laden planned for and celebrated the United States’ overreaction to the 9/11/01 terror attacks, Israel may be…