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We have too many levels of government
Not too long ago I was with a group of well-informed people who were speaking about current events. When one gentleman was asked what was on his mind, he said that he was concerned that in the United...
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Upon further consideration, Mr. Nader
The recent Supreme Court decision that stripped the Voting Rights Act of 1965 of its essential enforcement powers reveals once again how political the Court can be. Never was it as apparent as on...
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Zimmerman not-guilty verdict: Commentary by political cartoonists
When a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin, sending justice back to the drawing board, that’s exactly where political cartoonists went. Here are visual commentaries...
View ArticleThe gap between what’s legal and what’s just
St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bill McClellan recently wrote a piece about how a cross engraved on the pitcher’s mound at Busch Stadium “gave him an uneasy feeling.” He didn’t say it was wrong; it...
View ArticleVoting rights watch: 6 states that just couldn’t wait
Well, that didn’t take long. Within days of the Supreme Court’s decision to kill the longstanding, pre-clearance provision of the Voting Rights Act, six states sped toward enacting new voting...
View ArticleVoting rights watch: NC Repubs push harsh new voting restrictions
North Carolina Republicans are not hiding the fact that newly proposed [2013] voting restrictions are aimed at making it harder for Democrats to vote. As North Carolina’s House Majority Leader Edgar...
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Mainstream media is like the frog in a boiling pot
By its very definition, the term “news” means something that is happening now. What qualifies as news in the mainstream media is largely events that are occurring in the here or now. In many ways it...
View ArticleLegislatures pray: Will the Supreme Court grant their wishes?
Does beginning a legislative session with a prayer violate the separation of church and state by endorsing one religion over another? That’s the question being asked in Galloway v. Greece, a case that...
View ArticleChelsea Manning is a patriot
Chelsea Manning is a patriot. She will go down in history as one of the great Americans of our time. If you have not already, please read her statement. No, not the statement she issued about her...
View ArticleVoting rights watch: KS and AZ have scary plans for “two-tier” voting
Republican Secretaries of State in Kansas and Arizona are devising a whole new way to make voting harder. Thwarted by the U.S. Supreme Court in their attempt to require proof of citizenship for voter...
View ArticleWill a dearth of death drugs kill the death penalty? Let’s hope so.
Just a few hours before convicted serial murderer Joseph Paul Franklin was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Nov. 19, 2013, two federal judges granted a stay. Then that stay was reversed...
View ArticleInternet sales tax: A dilemma of logic for Republicans
Republican tax-reform dogma is under fire. On what has become known as “Cyber Monday,” the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that would enable states to collect sales tax on on-line...
View ArticleNSA data collection raises more questions than answers
In his book, The Republican Brain, Chris Mooney describes how there are certain types of issues in which Democrats mimic the illogical positions of most Republicans. He cites examples such as the...
View ArticleHow American is “American”?
Before we start, I have a little… activity. Close your eyes. Well, maybe not; I need you to keep reading. Anyway. In your mind’s eye, picture a Chinese person. Just focus on the face- skin, hair, nose,...
View ArticleLying: the cash crop of politics
There are women who say you know when a man is lying when he moves his lips. If only it was that simple. If we didn’t know it before, the latest shenanigans from New Jersey remind us that lying is a...
View ArticleRule of law? MO executes a man while his appeal is pending
The Bill of Rights may have been passed over 220 years ago, but it seems to still not have been fully enacted. “Missouri executed this man while his appeal was pending,” in The Atlantic, tells the...
View ArticleFree speech and free spending vs. fair elections: A Constitutional dilemma
So often we hear about our inherent rights to what is guaranteed in the Constitution. If it’s regarding free speech, we are entitled to say anything because the First Amendment protects us. If it’s...
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Congress should pass the Real Time Transparency Act
[by Gloria Bilchik] “What if you could get a text or email alert every time a wealthy donor cut a fresh check to your member of Congress?” asks the Sunlight Foundation. That kind of instant...
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Justice Ginsburg dissents on Hobby Lobby, big time
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued what has been described as a “scathing,” 35-page dissent to the Court’s ultra-conservative, June 30, 2014 ruling in the Hobby Lobby case. In its 5-4...
View ArticleSupreme Court on Hobby Lobby: Not funny, but cartoon-worthy
The Supreme Court’s decision in the Hobby Lobby case is another step in the wrong direction for the U.S. The old white guys who are making these terrible decisions for the rest of us are taking...
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