Does it get any lower than Clarence Thomas’s wife giving an award to James O’Keefe?
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Steve Bannon Disparages Mormon Missionary Work
He suggested that Mormons who do missionary work in wartime are cowards who lack honor and integrity.
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The Alabama Senate Race Is Still Up for Grabs
It’s difficult for pollsters in this state to gauge turnout in a special election.
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McConnell’s New Motto: The Moore, the Merrier
Well, it’s not like he had any principles, anyway. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who once pretended to be outraged about the perceived perversity of Alabama US Senate candidate Roy Moore, made it clear today that he doesn’t think the alleged dirty old man is all that dirty: Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, who […]
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Is Doug Jones Doomed?
You may recall that in the aftermath of Bob Dylan’s controversial experimentation with gospel music, there was a brief period of time when some gospel acts enjoyed some success among “secular” audiences. One such act was a group known as the Clark Sisters, who had a fairly popular tune called “Expect Your Miracle”: I’m looking […]
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No One’s Out to Get Al Franken
So, can we finally knock it off with suggestions that Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) was the victim of a right-wing hit job? If Franken legitimately believed that the allegations against him were either completely fictional or somewhat exaggerated, he would have immediately said so. It beggars belief that Franken, who went through legal hell in […]
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Deaf to the Truth, Blind to the Facts: Those Divorced from Reality Don’t Care About Michael Flynn
It’s almost as though it didn’t happen. Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the Michael Flynn affair is the harsh reality that a significant portion of this country simply does not care about Flynn’s acknowledged amorality and Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. They’re addicted to “news” outlets that are downplaying or denigrating the […]
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Too Many Alabamans Think Doug Jones Is Unqualified
40 percent think the Democrat doesn’t have enough experience to serve in the Senate.
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These Sexual Abuse Revelations Will Pay Dividends
Men are getting a much needed education, and a lot of them will learn from it and be better people.
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Should Doug Jones Compromise His Positions in Order to Win?
He is presenting the people of Alabama with what Martin Luther King, Jr. once called ‘creative tension.’
