National Politics
Migrant Children deserve better treatment than Convicts
What privileges do convicted prisoners have when incarcerated? They can watch movies and television. They can read books and go to a prison library. They can consult their legal counsel. They can exercise and play indoor and outdoor sports. Some have access to radios, computers, and Internet access. Migrant Children who have been cruelly … Read more
Bill and Wilbur’s excellent adventure: census scandal (Updated)
The House Oversight Committee voted on Wednesday to hold Attorney General William “Coverup” Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for failing to turn over documents about the administration’s decision to a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. House panel votes to hold attorney general, commerce secretary in contempt over census probe, the next … Read more
The New York Times is helping the Dark Side of Politics by doing away with its Editorial Cartoons
As people in Arizona know from seeing the editorial cartoons of artists like Steve Benson and David Wayne Fitzsimmons, their caricatures (mostly humorous in tone) have tremendous historical and critical value. Others have as well. For example, the below cartoon from David Low at the outbreak of World War Two in Europe shows Hitler and … Read more
Trump pulls a Joe McCarthy: ‘I have in my hand…’ a piece of paper
Senator Joseph McCarthy: “I have here in my hand a list of 205 . . . a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department. . . .” (Both in a … Read more