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I can’t keep this to myself anymore
It’s time to decide.
The assassination of Trump’s character, Ken Starr-style
“Piece by painful piece.”
What in the world is Lindsey Graham thinking?
His proposal would not only ban abortion nationally after 15 weeks, it would, in effect, ban democratic politics.
Ken Starr, janus-faced moral hack, is finally dead
In short, Starr’s feelings about sexual crime depended entirely on whether he liked the person who committed it.
Starbucks CEO can’t see the free publicity in labor organizing
Failed presidential candidate Howard Schultz could kill the union drives sweeping up his company’s stores, its brand or both.
Queen Elizabeth, Donald Trump and the right to rule by blood
“The monarchist new right.”
Make ‘Social Security for children’ permanent
What would the United States look like if we decided that children and their families had a right to abundance and liberty?
We’re forgetting 9/11. Maybe that’s not so terrible
The question is why?
The queen is dead. The legacy of her colonies isn’t
What should the monarchy continue?
The former guy has no claim to the current executive’s privilege
In a privilege fight between a sitting president and a former guy merely defending himself, the former guy should lose every time.