Americans are just days away from going over the economic cliff, and the president and Senate Republicans are attempting to sabotage any coronavirus relief package. Let’s start with the most indefensible position first. The number of deaths from the novel coronavirus surpassed 140,000 in the U.S. on Sunday morning according to Johns Hopkins data. The U.S. confirmed on … Read more
First Amendment religious liberty was intended to be a shield from government control over religion in response to the state religions of Europe, and the centuries of sectarian conflict from which many colonists had fled Europe. The government was prohibited from establishing a state religion, and all religions were free to exercise their beliefs. But … Read more
I was going to get around to this, but Steve Benen has already done it for me. McSally, Trump haunted by their records on pre-existing conditions: Donald Trump traveled to Arizona this week, where he delivered a strange speech that touched on a key national issue. “We will always protect people with pre-existing conditions. And … Read more
There are two cases currently before the U.S. Supreme Court that represent Republican efforts to sabotage the Affordable Care Act aka “Obamacare.” Today the U.S. Supreme Court overwhelmingly rejected that Republican effort in the lesser of the two cases, which I believe it is fair to read, in light of tens of thousands of Americans … Read more
Above Photo: Unemployment line in the Great Depression. This would not be allowed today under the CDC guidelines for the coronavirus pandemic (not allowed to congregate in restaurants, six feet of spacing for social distancing). We are living in interesting times, as the old Chinese curse goes. In an unprecedented move in modern history, the … Read more