Campaign Finance Reform Helps Special Interests
One of the new Democratic House majority’s top priorities is so-called campaign finance reform legislation. Contrary to the claims of its supporters, campaign...
Opinion
GOP-controlled House Added Nearly $8 Trillion to National Debt
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives oversaw a nearly $8 trillion increase in the national debt. ...
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Memo to Trump: Declare an Emergency
In the long run, history will validate Donald Trump's stand on a border wall to defend the sovereignty and security of the United...
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Black Education: A Glimmer of Hope
In reference to efforts to teach black children, the president of the St. Petersburg, Florida, chapter of the NAACP, Maria Scruggs, said: "The...
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No, This Is Not JFK’s Democratic Party
Is there no limit to the ideological, political, religious, racial and ethnic diversity a party and nation can tolerate before it comes apart?...
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Trump’s Neocons Reverse His Syria Withdrawal Plan
Many people believe that the US president is just a figurehead, with actual foreign policy firmly in the hands of the deep state....
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Trump and The Post: Whose Side Is Mitt On?
If there is a more anti-Trump organ in the American establishment than The Washington Post, it does not readily come to mind. ...
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New Congress Is “Most Diverse in U.S. History.” Is This a Good Thing?
The 116th Congress was just sworn in, and much is made of how it’s the “most diverse in U.S. history.” But is diversity...
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Democrats Hiding Real Reason for Opposing Walls
As I write, the mass media is full of condemnations about the government shutdown. President Trump blames the Democrats, and the Democrats blame...
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How the War Party Lost the Middle East
"Assad must go, Obama says." So read the headline in The Washington Post, Aug. 18, 2011. ...
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Rough Times Ahead, But Liberty Can Still Win
While Congress and the president fight over funding a border wall, they continue to ignore the coming economic tsunami caused by the approximately...
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2020: Year of the Democrats? Maybe Not
If Democrats are optimistic as 2019 begins, it is understandable. ...
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Here We Go Again — Another Chaotic Christmas for Congress
The primary job of Congress is to pass a budget. Yet year after year, its members fail to do their job. This year...
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Disparities Galore
Much is made about observed differences between sexes and among races. The nation's academic and legal elite try to sell us on the...
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Christmas 2018: Not the Worst of Times
While cable news and social media are on fire over the shutdown and the pullout from Syria, the Silent Majority, one imagines, is...
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