by James Fite | Jun 1, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
The debt limit deal worked out between House leadership and President Joe Biden has passed and is headed to the Senate. The bill, which both Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) laud as a bipartisan compromise that works for America, cleared the lower chamber...
by James Fite | May 27, 2023 | Articles, Politics
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was impeached today, May 27, after a 121-23 vote in the Lone Star State House. Impeachment is less a conviction and more an indictment, of course, but the lack of support the AG found even among his own party doesn’t bode well for his...
by Graham J Noble | May 21, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
The Biden administration – together with congressional Democrats – has been grappling with the problem of censoring online information and opinion it deems harmful or that constitutes “disinformation.” The latter term can be interpreted as anything contradicting the...
by James Fite | May 20, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Friday’s stop-and-go debt limit negotiations ended with no sign of progress and no future meetings on the matter scheduled. The GOP had paused the talks earlier in the day, presumably a sign the proceedings were going nowhere fast, but negotiators came back to the...
by Dave Patterson | May 15, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
Progressives like Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are bound and determined to turn up white extremists in the US military. But like big foot, the Loch Ness monster, and the black-footed ferret, the military white extremist is illusive. So, rare, in fact,...