In a press conference today, Jefferson City police revealed the contents of Spence Jackson’s suicide note. His mother had asked them to release it because there so many unfounded rumors going around regarding his death five weeks after his boss, Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich, put a gun to his own head and killed himself. Jackson’s […]
You’ve probably heard about the Religious Freedom Restoration Act that Indiana governor Mike Pence signed last week, which allows companies to discriminate against gays and lesbians by refusing to sell them services or products because of the provider’s religious beliefs. It’s nothing more than hiding anti-LGBT bigotry behind religion, forced into law by small-minded people […]
Here’s my conversation with Ian Millhiser, author of “Injustices: The Supreme Court’s History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting The Afflicted.” We talked about some of the court’s historically horrendous decisions regarding voting rights, campaign finance, and gerrymandering. We also discussed the difference between “activist judges” and real jurists, and the role of the court […]
Much was made last week of President Obama saying he thinks voting should be mandatory. One problem: he never said that. Despite the headline on the CNN video below, Obama never said Americans should be forced to vote. He mentioned that it is mandatory in Australia (along with 25 other countries), and said if everyone […]
Ted Cruz is not going to become President Of The United States. He’s not even going to be the GOP candidate in November, 2016. When Donald Trump recently starting making his quadrennial noises about running for president, I said I’d be willing to bet that he gets the exact same number of electoral votes that […]
In a column entitled, “Despicable Us,” Frank Bruni asks his media colleagues to change the way they cover presidential elections, including giving less emphasis on Iowa and New Hampshire, paying less attention to spouses, and two more: Don’t buy tickets to circus acts. When someone on the fringes of both the race and serious discourse […]