Category: Republicanism
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Dr Ooga Booga Presents…
For my Republican Friends — All the Magical Thinking with none of the struggle. You’re welcome…
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What Did YOU Do In The Culture War, Daddy?
There are times — at the beginnings of wars usually — when one side knows a state of war exists while the other side doesn’t. Pearl Harbor comes to mind. On the morning of December 7, 1941, the residents of Hawaii — Pearl Harbor in particular — slept soundly in their beds, unaware that they…
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American Culture Has A White-Christian-Male Bias & It Needs To Go
How many guilty Catholic priests does it take to screw in a light bulb? Better question — How many guilty Catholic priests (guilty of SCREWING children) does it take before a Culture opens its damned eyes? That blind spot isn’t the Catholic Church’s alone. The man who sexually assaulted me worked for a synagogue. Jews…
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Our Retail Politics Are Killing Democracy
In theory anyway, Democracy’s simple: In self-government, the majority of the people get to call the shots. It’s understood that the majority is made up of a multiplicity of views because it includes so much of the citizenry. “What do the citizens want?” That’s the first question. But it needs to be accompanied by ‘But,…
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America Is Still Dealing With Its ‘Original Sin’: We Screwed Up On Slavery
If you really think about it — and you don’t have to think too hard — an awful lot of our current debate about racism in this country is as old as the Republic itself. When the Founders of this Republic sat down to hash out what this country was and what it wasn’t, what…
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KARMA’S a Bitch: ‘MITCH MCCONNELL Edition’
Of all the scumbags this story has given us, the scummiest & the baggiest is Mitch McConnell. If I believed in hell, I’d bet the ranch on Mitch landing there when his time here is done. Unfortunately, I don’t believe in hell — not imaginary hell anyway. But I sure do believe in Hell On…