For quite a few elections, in the 1970s and 鈥80s, I voted for any Republican running against the local Democratic congressman, Austin Murphy.I did so for one reason only, and it wasn鈥檛 because I was a fan of the GOP. I considered Murphy a very bad congressman, a no-account, do-nothing seat ...
We鈥檙e currently in the midst of yet another post-mass shooting swirl.After the usual 鈥渉opes and prayers鈥 have been dispensed, comes the bitter words, accusations and, eventually, 鈥渟olutions鈥 that aren鈥檛 really designed to solve anything.So here we are.President Trump, in a fit of ...
Two recent events 鈥 one cataclysmic, the other merely earth shaking 鈥 point to the need for some good old street protesting: the kind that did so much to change the direction of the country in the 1930s.The first of these events occurred in Parkland, Florida, on Valentine鈥檚 Day and ...