The NRA and its Second Amendment fanatics have numerous maxims about the value of guns in our society, and one of them is referred to in the meme here.
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Guns and Our Kids
As suggested in this cartoon by Erkki Alanen, a consequence of the ubiquity of guns in the United States is that they tend to get in the hands of children. Tragedy often ensues. Of course, there isn’t a goddamn thing …
Trump’s Support Is a Double-Edged Sword
Accepting the endorsement of a former president who’s facing 91 felony counts stemming from four indictments might carry some significant baggage. Of course, this young man is in Montana, a state that Trump carried with 57% of the vote in …
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The Hijacking of Our American Symbols
One of the many tragedies of Trumpism/MAGA is that so many of the icons of our society have been hijacked by hateful morons. Yes, certainly a flag pin on the lapel is one of them, but what about the American …
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U.S. Military’s Response to Trump’s Inviting Putin to Invade NATO Countries
I don’t have a great deal to add here. The danger that Trump represents to the safety and security of the United States is impossible to overstate.
Why Conservatives Resent Progress
What RFK said here is true, but I think it might be useful to ask why certain people want to prevent our society from moving forward. I would suggest that this is the notion of fear. If you look at …
Why We Don’t Tax Churches
We’ve all come across the content of the meme here many times. Why don’t we tax mega-churches where their pastors live in palaces and their parishioners live in trailer parks? The answer is not that we want to subsidize churches, …
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Trump and NATO
There was a time not too long ago where this conversation would have been unnecessary, because it would have been inconceivable that a former U.S. president would encourage a nuclear-armed dictatorship to invade one (or more) of our allies.
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In the Direction of Social Democracy
The woman in the cartoon here is actually author Ursula K. Le Guin, winner of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. She makes an interesting point. At this point in history, most enlightened minds would like …
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Keep in Mind that Biden Has Advisors
I don’t go for “Angry Staffer’s” ad hominem abuse of Trump, but he makes an excellent point here. Does anyone really believe that Biden makes decisions in the absence of a huge team of carefully selected advisors? He could be …
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