Tag Archives: political-commentary

Among God’s faithful, a unified and triumphant cry rises up from the land. As the godly take their place in the pews, Bibles in hand, hearts in throats, there is bountiful rejoicing. Roe is defeated. Goodness has prevailed. The people of God have won for Him a great victory. That …

There’s a vintage Texas phrase that perfectly sums up President Joe Biden’s career-long record on voting rights: “all hat and no cattle.” It’s a way to describe a dude who’s all talk and no action —and it evokes the image of a fake cowboy strutting around in a Stetson hat …

A year ago, things were looking pretty grim, climate-wise. The president of the United States was a thug who thought climate change was a hoax and science was a conspiracy to remove him from office. In Oregon, when a bill came up to put a price on carbon, Republican legislators …

Both the state and city where I was born and raised tend to garner the most national spotlight whenever we elect presidents. Having chosen the winner of the last 14 elections, for better or worse, Ohio remains the bellwether, even as the areas that aren’t as urban deepen into what …

WASHINGTON — We didn’t need to know President Trump’s answer to whether the QAnon conspiracy theory was crazy and untrue. We didn’t need to know President Trump’s answer about how he would replace Obamacare. We didn’t need to know President Trump’s answer about whether he would condemn white supremacy. The …

With more than 100,000 Americans now dead from the coronavirus, President Trump has spent this week doing what he does best — ignoring the crisis and instead railing against invented demons. This week’s demon is Twitter, the social media platform that the president normally uses to his great advantage, peddling …

Running for President of the United States is a fundamentally narcissistic act. As a rule, you should never trust a person who does it. This includes Bernie Sanders. Sanders is rare among candidates, however, in that he seems to share this opinion. Yes, he is mounting his second insurgent presidential …

Everything about Michael Bloomberg’s candidacy for the Democratic Presidential nominee makes me furious, but one moment during last night’s debate, in particular, really set me off. In response to Elizabeth Warren’s story of pregnancy discrimination, the former New York City mayor said: “If she was a teacher in New York …

The tweet seems harmless enough, on the surface. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee’s account slapped its logo atop aJohn Hickenlooper for Colorado ad and gave the presidential dropout a big thumbs up. Hickenlooper, the DSCC wrote, “is running against Cory Gardner — the most vulnerable Republican up in 2020! If …