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PHOTOGRAPHY: Veterans Day
“Doc Spresser, of Frankford, Delaware, who served in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970, looks up at “The Three Soldiers” statue while visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day in Washington, November 11, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque” Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
2020 was a very normal election
This article contains news and liberal commentary. Amid intense partisan divisions, and despite prevalent pre-election fears, the 2020 election appears to have gone smoothly and without major problems. In short, it was a very normal election. Throughout America, elections are run by professionally-s[...]
Meet an All-American voter
The election is over. Now let’s hear from two voters in Erie County, Pennsylvania. But first, let’s take a look at that area. “Residents describe Erie as a diverse, blue-collar, working-class county where people look forward to time at the beach and fishing at the surrounding lakes[...]
Racist “Karen” vs. bank (video)
(Spoiler alert: The bank wins.) Watching this video, keep in mind this woman (a) is a failed actress, and (b) staged this confrontation. The incident is real, though, and she’s no longer a customer at Wells Fargo Bank. Reason? She deliberately violated the bank’s policy against filming i[...]
Van Jones: “Things that matter” (video)
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The people have spoken
The Trump Revolution Collapses HE RODE ROUGHSHOD OVER THE CONSTITUTION, THE RULE OF LAW, CONGRESS, THE MILITARY, THE CIA AND FBI, THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS, TRUTH AND DECENCY, EVEN OUR RIGHT TO VOTE. It almost worked. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Reflections on a fallen king
This article contains liberal opinion. No one is less suited to be president than the owner of a family business in the habit of giving orders and having them obeyed by his employees without question. The U.S. government is not a family business. It doesn’t belong to the person who runs it. He[...]
Step back and take a deep breath
This article contains liberal opinion. This is a good time to remember the United States is a collection of 50 states. The states, not the people, elect its president. Each state submits its choice for president to the lower house of Congress, which tallies the electoral votes to determine a winner.[...]
“The single most important quality a president must have”
By David Gergen [Editor’s note: Gergen is one of Washington D.C.’s most senior and respected journalists and political observers. He’s written something here that’s so true, and makes so much sense, that it’s worth calling attention to. This op-ed, originally pu[...]