Does Curt Schilling Belong in the Hall of Fame?
January 13, 2021
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For fans of Baseball (still the nation’s favorite pastime,) it is that time of year when pundits on the MLB Network debate which former players are worthy of enshrinement in the Baseball Hall of Fame. The discussion this year centers on Barry Bonds, Gary Sheffield, Roger Clemens, Jeff Kent, Omar Vizquel, Scott Rolen, Billy Wagner, … Read more
Our Constitution Is Not the Solution, It’s the Problem
January 13, 2021
About 240 years ago, an overwhelmingly agrarian society of just 2.5 million people, consisting of a diverse group of former British colonies, perched on the edge of an largely mysterious continent, with an economy at least half-reliant on slave labor, embarked on an experiment that had not been tried on such a scale for almost … Read more
Vote Splits Along Party Lines To Invoke The 25th Amendment; Impeachment Today
January 13, 2021
Despite a joint session of Congress having been attacked by a violent mob of MAGA red cap insurrectionists incited by Donald Trump last Wednesday in a seditious coup attempt to overthrow American democracy and install him as America’s first tinpot dictator, five people dead including a Capitol Police officer, and their own lives having been … Read more
The AZGOP’s Absurd Censure of Cindy McCain
January 12, 2021
The AZGOP has proposed, but not yet passed (due to a rules violation by the floor motion), a draft censure of Cindy McCain. If it could have been passed by acclimation on the floor, it would have, and they will still be back to pass it on January 23rd. If that motion had simply read … Read more
Sen. Jon Tester Wants To Hold Sedition Party Senators Accountable
January 12, 2021
My favorite citizen farmer-legislator, Senator Jon Tester (D-MT), has an op-ed in USA Today’s The Arizona Republic, Members of Congress who incited Capitol riot must be held accountable: Last week, as I worked in my Senate office, I watched in horror as terrorists ransacked our nation’s Capitol, where I represent Montanans in the U.S. Senate. … Read more
Corporate America does the Right Thing in Stopping Contributions to Coup Plotting Republicans who Helped Fuel the Trumpist Insurrection
January 12, 2021
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Corporate America does the right thing. Whoever thought a writer for this Blog would start a column with that sentence? Well, nothing like appearances to sway corporate executives to do the right thing to maintain the company image and profits. Since the Trumpist Insurrectionist attempt on January 6, 2021, several corporations and industries have cut … Read more
In Wanting to Make Nice With His Science Denying Base, Doug Ducey Goes to War Against Arizona’s Public Schools
January 12, 2021
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In his 2021 State of the State Address, Governor Doug Ducey, in an attempt to make nice with the rabid Trumpist science-reality-denying fringe base that disowned him after his support for the November 3, 2020 elections, decided to devote significant portions of his address to justifying his approach to combatting the COVID 19 Pandemic and … Read more
No ‘Unity’ Before Purging The Anti-Democratic Enablers Of This Seditious Insurrection
January 12, 2021
Trump enabler House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) – who voted with his Sedition Caucus to overturn the certified election results of Arizona and Pennsylvania last week even after Trump’s insurrectionist MAGA red cap thugs stormed the Capitol building in a failed coup attempt hoping to hang Vice President Pence and to do equal violence to … Read more
