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Should you be forced to pay for religious education? SCOTUS seems to think so. Otherwise, it's discrimination against religion
A moral and legal perversion of the US Constitution.
John Stoehr
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It's the covid, stupid
Why is Biden's approval so low?
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We have now entered the 'Hunger Games'-era of American history. Does Joe Manchin care?
Monique Judge: "This is some weird power play"
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New report reveals a century-old aristocracy incompatible with democratic flourishing. It should be undone with 100% estate tax
The sovereignty of the dead.
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Why do the storytellers whitewash Fox even when Fox becomes the story?
Three Fox hosts contacted Mark Meadows during the 1/6 insurrection. Jeremy Littau thinks that should change how the press does news.
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We’re deep into a cycle of political time that began with Ronald Reagan. It’s stinking and corrupt. When will it break?
Elizabeth F. Cohen: “Immigration is always a good litmus test.”
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Cheney hints at criminal charges for Trump in panel vote to hold Mark Meadows in contempt
But perhaps the biggest news was that the vote was televised.
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If last week’s carve-out to the filibuster rule can be done to raise the debt ceiling, it can be done to save democracy, too
Anoa Changa: the point of no return is fast approaching.
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Bob Dole's death inspired nostalgia among liberals for a time in politics that never was
It’s sounds nice, but it’s not true.
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America's future: less democracy nationally, more democracy locally, plus violence and blood
My interview with Sea Change Radio's Alex Wise.
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The good news is we’re on the cusp of a new way of ordering the American polity. The bad news? We could fall short
Thomas Zimmer: Multiracial democracy will be expanded or aborted.
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The midterms will be decided by swing voters ready to reward the GOP for trying to kill them
Why democracy is its own worst enemy.