Nor should it become one. We should remain a pluralistic society of many religions, and a land of religious liberty. Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, known for his clenched-fist salute to January 6 rioters (photo, left), told a conservative group that “Christian nationalism founded American democracy”[...]
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Poll: Americans support DEI programs
Nationally, 61% of Americans support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, a Washington Post/Ipsos survey conducted in mid-April of 2024 shows (read story here). The survey showed 34% consider DEI programs at companies “a bad thing.” That number roughly conforms with the perce[...]
America’s dumbest senator strikes again
Nevada’s economy is hospitality, and in a gambit for that state’s electoral votes, Trump floated the idea of exempting tip income from taxes. Now along comes Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), who thinks it’s a tax exemption for people who tip, and called the idea “awesome” [...]
Are America’s political parties dying?
In Colorado, nearly half the voters are independents, but that’s less dramatic than it seems. New voters are automatically registered as independents, and have to opt into a party affiliation. Many don’t bother, even though most lean toward one of the parties. Still, Politico says here, [...]
Nikki Haley wants to “save America”
From what? Union wages? Women controlling their own bodies? Queer people? In a townhall on Sunday, June 4, 2023 (read story here), she wouldn’t get specific about abortion. Women voters are entitled to assume she would sign a nationwide ban, because that’s what Republicans are enacting [...]
June 2nd, 2023 - 4:01 am § in Law and Courts
Guns are changing American life
An entire generation of American kids are growing up in fear of being gunned down in their classrooms, or shot at a shopping mall. The NRA likes to say, “An armed society is a polite society,” but the data say otherwise. Guns are now the leading cause of death of Americans under age 19 ([...]
April 30th, 2023 - 3:14 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Is she America’s worst governor?
Some people would argue that for partisan nastiness, Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis is without peer, and that may be so; but Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders clearly wants to be in any race to the bottom. Sanders, if you don’t know, is the daughter of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a former[...]
April 28th, 2023 - 12:41 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Montana GOPers struggle with American vocabulary
Republicans usually can handle the meanings one-syllable English words, although spelling can be a challenge (e.g. “too” versus “to”); but asking them to comprehend a 4-syllable word is a bridge too far. For example, insurrection ĭn″sə-rĕk′shən noun The act or an inst[...]
April 2nd, 2023 - 2:32 pm § in Misc.
Native Americans didn’t get horses from western settlers
The conventional narrative is that Plains Indians acquired horses when European colonists pushed westward. But Native American oral traditions, and DNA analysis of old horse bones in museums and tribal custody, establishes that horses were present on the Great Plains by the late 1500s, the Plains ho[...]
April 2nd, 2023 - 2:06 am § in News Media, Politics
What Fox News is doing to America (video)
Fox isn’t a news network; it’s lying propaganda. Its own hosts don’t believe what they say on the air. It’s easy to believe the motive is political, because its owner — billionaire Rupert Murdoch — is a rightwinger. But it isn’t even that. His motive is mone[...]