Republicans should sit down, shut up and listen to Lindsey Graham
Yesterday evening, President Obama announced his executive order to (temporarily) reform(ish) immigration. Since then the GOP has been in a tizzy about what their response should be. Should they shut...
View ArticleDon’t allow Ferguson decision to silence larger issues
It’s been clear for a very long time that the grand jury in Ferguson would not indict Darren Wilson. The protests that erupted after the grand jury’s announcement were not caused by surprise, but from...
View ArticleA pastor’s perspective: How Christians should respond to #Ferguson
For the Christian, the only thing simple about Ferguson is how you respond — with grace. That means instead of posting a diatribe against the system or the protestors, you pray for them. It means...
View ArticleThe necessary middle ground between hashtag slacktivism and violent riots
An imposing but unarmed black man was shot six times by a white police officer with a buzz cut. Cue tired stereotypes, paranoid herd behavior, and polarizing media obfuscation. Thousands of articles go...
View ArticleEric Garner and Michael Brown cases reveal sad truth
Yesterday's decision by a Staten Island not to prosecute the officer who murdered Eric Garner feels like a decision handed down by a grand jury in bizarro world. It’s inconceivable that you can have...
View ArticleCuban political asylee calls Obama’s policy ‘smartest’ approach to Cuba
The United States dissolved diplomatic ties with the Republic of Cuba in 1961, enforcing a crippling and widespread economic embargo. President Obama reversed this policy on December 17. In an address...
View ArticleObama’s biggest wins and losses and what they mean for 2015
Man, 2014 was such a whirl, wasn’t it? This was the year that a teenager from Brooklyn captivated the nation doing the dance my uncle used to do at family cookouts. It was also the year that we all...
View Article2014’s sleaziest political scandals
As we round out 2014, it’s time to reflect on how scandalous year it truly was. This year was pretty much all-around shitty, but the politics of 2014 took the cake as the most misery-filled and...
View ArticleFlorida becomes 36th state to legalize gay marriage, and Jeb Bush is ‘eh’...
Today marks another triumph in the movement for marriage equality, as Florida joins the ranks of states to allow same-sex couples to marry. As of today, 70 percent of Americans live in a state allowing...
View Article‘Dynamic Scoring’ the newest fad in tax reform
The Republican-controlled Congress has come up with a new thing that might make tax-reform more doable: Dynamic scoring. Learn about it here. Article by Edgar T. Wilson
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