Over the past 7 years, the splenetic rage that has been nurtured by the political right in America against President Obama has splintered off into a number of separate, but not mutually exclusive, strands that highlight the various issues driving… Read More ›
At it’s most basic level, incarceration is exchange between an individual and the society in which he or she lives. Before the advent of the carceral punishment, this exchange was pretty direct and tangible. Steal a loaf of bread and… Read More ›
While the outcome of Tuesday night’s gubernatorial election in Kentucky was not expected, the reaction from much of the national media and the Democratic faithful has been regrettably predictable. In the wake of Tea Party darling Matt Bevin’s sound thumping… Read More ›
On the outskirts of downtown Traverse City, Michigan, just beyond the northern tourist bustle of Front Street but before reaching the vast expanse of shopping centers and strip malls that serve as the consumer mecca for the smattering of towns… Read More ›
A man sits in a doctor’s office, three year old copy Sports Illustrated in hand, waiting for his cardiologist to come in and let him know how the results of his EKG. The guy is only 57, but his dad… Read More ›
All too often, I find myself spending my days meticulously deconstructing the criminally duplicitous arguments of politicians and public figures whom I dislike instead of searching for the kernel of goodness that lies within each and every one of them… Read More ›
Heidi Heitkamp desperately wants you to know that she’s just a good ole gal from the prairies of North Dakota who doesn’t put much truck in all of this Washington DC doubletalk and wonk-speak. She’s a straight-shootin’, Midwest values havin’,… Read More ›
Red America forms a thick, inland L in the flat midsection of our country, bordered as much by geography as by political preference. The Rocky Mountains and Mississippi River shepherd the younger constituents of this conservative nation-within-a-nation down towards the… Read More ›
Based on his recent comments, it would appear that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney supports a radical overhaul of preventative healthcare in America—namely in that he wants to prevent 50 million of us from getting it. Over the past few… Read More ›
On Thursday night, Barack Obama stood behind a dais in Charlotte, North Carolina with two things on his mind. Like his Republican challenger, the President set out to deliver a speech that would capture the hearts and ballots of the… Read More ›
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