Category Archives: Opinion

By James J Devine I was a little surprised to read that, “No Democratic governor has become president, or even won the nomination, since Bill Clinton in the 1990s, and Republicans haven’t had a governor-turned-president since George W. Bush.” That’s more like something one finds in a treatise on political astrology from the cult ofContinue reading “NY Times political analysis about the presidency leaves a lot to be desired”

by Max McCoy, Kansas Reflector When the attack came, Black Kettle believed it must have been a mistake. The old chief gathered a 33-star United States flag that had been given to him a few years before as a sign of friendship with the federal government and, along with a white flag, hoisted them aboveContinue reading “American soldiers have long faced unlawful orders. They need courage and our support to resist.”

By Bernie Sanders The government shutdown is not an accident. Trump’s budget would push millions into poverty and must be stopped Democrats in the US Senate must stand with the working families of our country and in opposition to Donald Trump’s authoritarianism. They must not cave in to the president’s attacks on the working classContinue reading “Democrats must not cave in to Donald Trump”

By James J. Devine The bag was from Cava. A chain you find in any strip mall, selling Mediterranean bowls. Inside this one, however, wasn’t rice and lamb. It was fifty thousand dollars in cash. And the man taking it, Tom Homan, wasn’t some two-bit hustler on a street corner. He was a guy onContinue reading “Trump’s border czar accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents”

By James J. Devine The American presidency, an office consecrated by history and burdened by consequence, has been occupied by many complex figures: the visionary, the schemer, the warrior, the sage. But in the case of Donald J. Trump, the nation is subjected to a phenomenon for which no political science textbook could prepare: theContinue reading “The Peter Pan President: A problematic portrait of perpetual adolescence”

By James J. Devine Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. marked the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade this year with a familiar refrain: a call for federal protections for reproductive rights. These are noble words—but where was his urgency during his 36 years in Congress before the Supreme Court gutted abortion access in Dobbs v. Jackson?Continue reading “Pallone’s reproductive rights rhetoric rings hollow after 36 years of inaction”