Commentary & Opinion
Labor Day is about the struggle to build community
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We should make sure what we buy is produced in this country or in one that protects workers
Commentary & Opinion
The Constitution, like the Bible, is infinitely flexible: manipulated to serve the political needs of the moment
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The law can be just; it can be unjust, but doesn’t need authority of a sanctimonious clique
Commentary & Opinion
General Election ballot presents hope for much needed changes in city government; perhaps specter of issues decided outside of a Council meeting might rest its ugly head in the bone-yard of Open Meeting violations
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More women elected to Council could re-set civility, leave grandstanding at the door, and invite more informed discussion of issues
Commentary & Opinion
The rise of bigotry: hate for the “other” spawns a Fascist’s dream come true
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All Republicans who are responsible for this “banality of evil” do so cloaked in the American flag and carrying their Bibles and crosses
Commentary & Opinion
Overturn of Roe v. Wade: using religious belief to instate inquisitional rule; a minority dictating control of the majority of American women
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Evil loosed by the Supreme Court’s ruling will result in cruel consequences that don’t belong in the democracy of a world-leading nation.
Commentary & Opinion
Gods, Guns, and the GOP
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The GOP platform: Its 275 talking points seem to have been authored by Alex Jones, Steve Bannon, and Rush Limbaugh, with help from Goebbels and Mussolini
Commentary & Opinion
Jan. 6, 2021: The attempted violent dissolution of our duly elected American government by violent “militia” thugs was instigated the former President, his co-conspirators’ goading, and “militia” thugs
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Those who participated are undeniably traitorous enemies within our own borders
Commentary & Opinion
The biggest danger to all American citizens is a homegrown domestic terrorist who can buy a semiautomatic large capacity rifle
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GOP: remove weapons of mass death from everyone; only then will the record number of murdered innocents subside
Commentary & Opinion
The Cuellar campaign: desperate strategies and new lows in half truths
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He has lost dignity and credibility, and has besmirched his own character
Commentary & Opinion
When electing public officials: no time to depart from rational thinking
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The positive work Congressman Cuellar has accomplished is sullied by wearisomely misleading assertions meant to debase runoff opponent Jessica Cisneros