Memories are short in politics
And that's true for the most part. In the last 30 years, only the GOP has been responsible for a government shutdown due to a failure to fund the government. The epitome of shutdown stupid was Trump...
Every now and then a story surfaces that gives you hope that no matter how desperately the RWNJs try to pull our country into an abyss of hatred and ignorance, good people can emerge to pull us back from...
Once again we gather together, friends, to ask the eternal question: Is Donald Trump really that stupid or does he think that we are? Or, could it be both?
Trump has taken a fascinating leap of faith forward in his...
A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step  Chinese proverb
The Democrats, of which I am a proud member, are not only a big tent party, they are a big picture party. They want to use the levers...
I wouldn't want to Rupert Murdoch right now for anything, even all of his billions. Because I get the feeling that the breakup he's just started is going to more bitter, bloody, and expensive than his last divorce. Because...
You know, Will Rodgers really nailed it to the barn wall when he lamented, I don't belong to an organized political party. I'm a Democrat. As a lifelong bleeding heart, I will be the first to admit, most of the...
(It's been bugging me for a while - when you see a picture of Youngkin that doesn't ID him do you think maybe you're looking at Brewski Brett Kavanaugh?)
It took some hunting to find the title picture I wound...
Once upon a time, CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference was exactly that, pretty much a functional conference. Sure, they had speeches up the wazoo, but they also had working groups, seminars, polls, and tons of networking. It was...
A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away
You know, there was a time when almost every qualified American citizen actually gave a shit about voting. Like in 1789. Most American men, the only ones with the...
No, I'm sorry, as far as I know, Judas Joe and Cactus Barbie were whacked over the heads with a common sense stick. That's still up in the air. But I heard something else today that lifted my spirits,...
