The American People

Several times in his farewell address last week, President Obama gave credit for the advances we’re seen in the last eight years — and what can be accomplished in the future — to “The American People.” Check out these excerpts from the transcript: Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged, and come […]

There Goes Your Argument

There Goes Your Argument

Republicans dismissing Meryl Streep’s speech at the Golden Globes because she’s a wealthy Hollywood celebrity is absolute hypocrisy from the party that elected a wealthy former reality star to the highest office in the land. Even if you argue that Trump’s a businessman, not a celebrity, remember that the GOP is the same party that […]

Best Thing I’ve Read Today

Charlie Sykes, a conservative talk show host at WTMJ/Wisconsin, explains why he has quit after 23 years (his final show aired Monday), the horrible backlash he received for being against Donald Trump, and the moral failure of right-wing radio and TV… One staple of every radio talk show was, of course, the bias of the […]

Build Your Own Damn Stadium

I’m happy to see Governor-Elect Greitens agree with me that our tax dollars should not subsidize a new soccer stadium in St. Louis. He rightly calls it “welfare for millionaires” (yes, that’s me finding common ground with the incoming Republican governor).

My News Withdrawal

It’s been a month since Election Day, and I have been in news withdrawal. It’s not that I eschew all incoming information, but for the last four weeks I have made every effort to avoid any article or social media post or television story about our president-elect. I don’t care to hear any post-mortems on […]