Month: February 2022

Our Long National Nightmare

Moderate Democrats still don’t understand the tautology of American politics

In an Associated Press report provided to news outlets Thursday, former Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) lamented that “far-left” positions taken by some Democrats alienate rural voters. Heitkamp explained, “We’re letting Republicans use the language of the far left to define the Democratic Party, and we can’t do that.” The problem that Heitkamp fails to grasp – and that, indeed, a lot of Democrats fail to … Continue reading Moderate Democrats still don’t understand the tautology of American politics

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Our Long National Nightmare

There’s no evidence that term limits work and a lot of evidence that they don’t

When a politician is looking to score some quick political points, there’s a well they consistently dip their bucket into: term limits. In 2018, President Donald Trump tweeted that he had met with lawmakers and discussed term limits, giving his “full support and endorsement for their efforts.” President Obama wrote in A Promised Land that, as a senator, he “questioned what might happen to me … Continue reading There’s no evidence that term limits work and a lot of evidence that they don’t

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Our Long National Nightmare

If Manchin and Murkowski can’t start a new party, no one can

Five U.S. Senators – Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Mitt Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona – could break away from their respective parties today and form a new centrist party which would have an inconceivable amount of power in the divided senate, depriving the Republicans and Democrats of guaranteed control and forcing legislation to … Continue reading If Manchin and Murkowski can’t start a new party, no one can

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Our Long National Nightmare

A History of Black History Month

When Carter Woodson was a young boy, his family had very little. They were poor farmers and, to make things worse, they were Black in a post-Reconstruction Virginia where white figures were reasserting control over the political and social sphere. But what they did have was freedom, something Woodson’s parents had gained in their lifetime. He was a free American citizen at his birth, something … Continue reading A History of Black History Month

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