What did we actually get? The 2024 legislative session is history and it appeared to be largely an act of Schadenfreude — that malicious pleasure some people […]
Tag: politicians
Politicians’ unkept promises
The news can leave you depressed and politics can send your blood pressure through the roof — which is why most people tune out both. (If you’re […]
Let us pray: When politicians misuse Scripture
The number of President Biden’s gaffes and flip-flops on issues would fill a book, but he combined several categories of verbal meanderings at last week’s National Prayer […]
Bringing civility back to political discourse
We have officially entered 2024 election season (even though it feels like the 2022 election season never ended) — and the rhetoric from politicians and pundits is […]
Jan. 14 letters to the editor
The 40th anniversary of MLK Jr. Day As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 15, we once again honor the […]
Supreme Court avoids key free speech question in social media cases
by Noah Feldman There are several major social media cases facing the U.S. Supreme Court this term, all having to do with the First Amendment. The decisions […]
Sex and the city: Political edition
The Republican Party, the party that for years has styled itself as the party of “family values” and “traditional marriage” has lost all credibility on these issues. […]
This Earth Day, combine concern with concrete action
Tomorrow is Earth Day — the one day of the year we set aside to actively think about ways we can maintain and improve our planet. In […]
Voters must hold politicians accountable
by David L. Nevins As often happens these days, last week a friend of mine was quite angry by something his member of Congress did and vented […]
Right and left — political freeloaders are all around us
Political freeloaders. They are to the left of us. They are to the right. These are politicians who grandstand, who vote against their constituents’ interests, knowing that […]