When persuasion stops and violence begins, that’s the line between ‘legitimate political discourse’ and something very different, scholars explain.AP Photo/John Minchillo Jennifer Mercieca, Texas A&M University and Timothy J. Shaffer, Kansas State Univ…
The Olympics in China
by Mike Fuqua So the Olympics are here again. I’m usually wildly enthusiastic about watching the games. And that’s both Winter and Summer. I am glued to the TV for all the events. Last night I watched women’s hockey between Finland and Canada. I mean, …
Whoopi Goldberg awkwardly demonstrates how the idea of race varies by place and changes over time
On “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” Whoopi Goldberg said, “I don’t want to make a fake apology.”Youtube Robyn Autry, Wesleyan University Whoopi Goldberg, co-host of ABC’s “The View,” set off a firestorm when she insisted on Jan. 31, 2022 that the …
BEZOS AND BRIDGES (CARTOON, COLUMN AND VIDEO)
Bridges are literally crumbling and falling apart in the United States from decades of neglect. One of President Joe Biden’s accomplishments was the infrastructure package he signed into law last November. On the same day the president was visiting Pit…
Russia has been at war with Ukraine for years – in cyberspace
Russian President Vladimir Putin walks through a hall in the building housing Russia’s GRU military intelligence service.Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP Maggie Smith, United States Military Academy West Point The build up of Russ…
NATIONAL ARCHIVES HAD TO GO TO MAR-A-LARGO TO GET TRUMP WHITE HOUSE RECORDS
Mar-a-Largo When historians will write the history of the Trump Presidency a key theme will be how Trump ignored laws and there were no consquences. The latest excample comes via The Washington Post which reports that the National Archieves had to go t…
GOP sparks social media firestorm: declares January 6 attack “Legitimate Political Discourse”
The Republican Party has set off a social media firestorm by declaring the January 9 violent insurrection as “legitimate political discourse.” It’s a firestorm that is likely to continue and is likely to be a godsend to Democrats in the battle for subu…
Suggested song for Donald Trump to sing to a bowing RNC (VIDEO)
The Republican Party’s capitulation to Donald Trump continues and its decision to censor Rep. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for rejecting The Big Lie and serving on the January 6 House Select Committee looking into what is now virtually established as …
Experts shocked: America adds whopping 467,000 positions in January
Experts and pundits were were shocked by January’s unexpected big job which “blew expectations out of the water.” CNN: America’s jobs recovery got an unexpected boost in January despite the Omicron variant spreading rapidly throughout the country. The …
Op-Ed: Whoopi Goldberg’s Mistake Wasn’t So Terrible
By Donald H. Harrison Whoopi Goldberg was wrong but as far as I’m concerned, the folks at ABC and The View were too harsh when they suspended her for two weeks. Let me explain. In a discussion of the Holocaust on The View television show, Goldberg comm…