I told you within 48 hours of the Uvalde shooting that somehow or other, this time just felt different. I couldn't put my finger on any 1 thing, it just felt different. But with the benefit of hindsight, I...
A Dark and Cold Sunshiny Day He picked out his own clothes that morning wore his favorite yellow shirt with the red stripes his little-boy jeans and despite his protests the red jacket He looked up briefly from his morning cereal and grinned as his dad leaving to go to...
I'm sure you'll be glad to hear that Donald Trump reported an "amazing day" where there was "so much respect for the office of the president," which is good, since virtually nobody respects him personally -- and that he...
Another mass shooting has hit America and it's not the first mass shooting in recent history in Colorado, either. Lauren Boebert didn't handle the March, 2021 Boulder shooting with much aplomb. Basically, she did nothing other than change her...
Cindy Hyde-Smith’s public hanging comments, plus photos of her sporting confederate gear, have served to focus scrutiny on what should be a slam dunk race in a deep red southern state. Tuesday’s special election in Mississippi is the final...
Over thirty Americans lie dead from the weekend's carnage, dozens more are in hospitals, and our tone deaf titular leader just keeps doubling down on his absurd rhetoric, insisting he's blameless and it's all the other guys' fault. No...
Now it begins. Now we see how the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict and Rittenhouse's subsequent elevation to cult hero status is going to get a lot of people killed in the months and years to come. A domestic altercation in Lubbock,...
When Governor Mike Parsons signed into law a bill banning Missouri Police Officers from enforcing Federal gun laws and proposing a $50,000 fine be levied against those who did, he probably didn’t think he would have to rely on...
I wish Republicans would just settle on one alternative to "anything BUT the guns" causing mass shootings. I have just written that Trump-supporter Tony Perkins insists it is because we teach real science and prevent his idea of prayer in school....
I marvel at whatever political machinery it is which keeps Ken Paxton and people like him in pubic office. I simply marvel. And with the trend in Texas being that the growing Hispanic population is voting more and more...

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. In fact, it's the only thing that ever has.

— Margaret Mead