We sometimes forget that being one of the country’s most thoroughgoing ass****s comes at a price. Imagine you’re Ted Cruz. Everywhere you go, you need to be prepared for exactly what happened at this restaurant.
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World Opinion of the United States
It hasn’t been a good last few years for the United States, and world opinion reflects that. Perhaps the most significant issue, as shown in the bar charts below, is the erosion of democracy, as exemplified in the attempted coup, …
Are We Interpreting the U.S. Constitution Too Literally?
The author of the tweet here has a great deal of common sense, though there are only a few present-day interpretations of the Constitution that seem to miss the mark. In particular: The idea that the Second Amendment prohibits us …
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Common Sense Gun Laws–The Time Has Come
There are millions of people who aren’t sitting still while Congress ignores another school massacre. Wonderful to see.
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Great Idea from Gun Law Activist
This, from a survivor of the Parkland massacre. The young man is devoting himself to a noble cause. Good for him.
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Flagpole Sale for “Patriots”
Here’s an ad for a telescoping flagpole (read: cheap, cheesy) on which you can announce to the neighbors your version of “patriotism” this Memorial Day. Two comments I particularly appreciated: Do you really need that “Don’t tread on me” flag? …
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Why Gun Violence Is Such an Intractable Problem in America
America may not be unique in the world for its culture of rugged individualism, but it most certainly is for the role that guns play within its society. Consider for a moment that about one-half of our congresspeople believe that …
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Herschel Walker Speaks Incoherently, Which May Prove Detrimental to His Political Success
If you want to try to understand the choice that Georgia voters are facing in the senate race in November, check out even a few seconds of this interview, in which the victor of the Republican primary, Herschel Walker, presents …
Cruz May Want to Develop Reasonable Answers to the Questions of the Day
At a vigil Wednesday for the victims of the massacre in Uvalde, Tex., a British journalist asked Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) why mass shootings happen “only in America.” Apparently, he “stormed off.” He was caught by surprise? He’s wasn’t expecting …
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Campaign Finance Reform
School shootings are unlike the need for climate change mitigation, universal healthcare, voter protection, and all the other slow-rolling tragedies. They are acute moments of extreme anguish, when our nation cries out to its leaders: DO SOMETHING! Yet, in a …
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