Update to GOP socialism Bailouts for farmers, hunger for the working poor with new SNAP (food stamp) regulations. It turns out that all the bribe money Trump is paying to America’s farmers to stick with him as a bailout of their losses from his disastrous trade war policies is not enough. Some of America’s farmers … Read more
The House’s vote to impeach President Donald Trump drew an immediate reaction from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which issued a pair of orders directing House lawyers to indicate whether lawmakers are still seeking testimony from former White House counsel Don McGahn and portions of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report containing information gleaned from secret … Read more
Diogenes of Sinope (c. 404-323 BCE) was a Greek Cynic philosopher best known for holding a lantern (above) to the faces of the citizens of Athens claiming he was searching for an honest man because he believed there was no such person. Current history, especially among Republicans in the Senate, suggest that Diogenes could be … Read more
Last week, Christianity Today editor Mark Galli made news with an editorial opinion calling for the impeachment of the “immoral” Donald Trump. The decision by Christianity Today to publish the editorial describing President Trump as “immoral” and calling for his removal drew immediate rebuke from the president himself, who called the outlet “a far left magazine.” … Read more
By Michael Bryan Merry Christmas to you and yours. I find myself musing this Christmas day on whether the old bromide that America is a “Christian nation” is actually true in any meaningful way. It is true that the various denominations and sects of Christianity, lumped together a as monolithic religion (a questionable proposition in … Read more