by Kelli Ballard | Aug 3, 2021 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
A moratorium put into place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last year prevented landlords from evicting tenants who couldn’t afford to pay rent. That ban ended on July 31. Now, Democrats are fighting among themselves, casting blame on each...
by Graham J Noble | Aug 2, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Just in time to give the Democrats’ January 6 Select Committee some more “evidence” to work with, the Department of Justice has released documents that allegedly show how former President Donald Trump pressed DOJ officials to challenge the results of the 2020...
by Sarah Cowgill | Jul 31, 2021 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
The Kamala Harris effect is losing steam. Once trotted out alongside Joe Biden as the little darling of progressive politics, she is now – or so it appears – backtracking towards the barn. With midterm elections that will set or sink the Biden administration’s...
by Graham J Noble | Jul 28, 2021 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
Democracy is a fragile thing, and it has two critical flaws. First, voters can be misled, frightened, or otherwise coerced into making bad choices at the ballot box – or simply make uninformed choices based on their own prejudices and preconceived notions. Then...
by Keelin Ferris | Jul 26, 2021 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Good Reads, Opinion
Violent crime has crept out into posher parts of the nation’s capital and suddenly city residents and officials are outraged by the kind of trouble that has ravaged Wards 7 and 8 daily for years. Homicides in D.C. are at the same level now as they were at this time in...