by Elisabeth Parker | Jan 12, 2017 | News & Politics
When it’s not raining men, golden showers will do. A dossier on Donald Trump’s dealings with Russia may not all be true, but it sure feels “truthy.” On Tuesday night, we reported on some classified documents shown to President Barack Obama and...
by Elisabeth Parker | Jan 3, 2017 | News & Politics
Contrary to what many of us liberals think, Trump voters in coal country aren’t dumb. They know they’re screwed without healthcare, they know they get it through Obamacare, and they know the GOP is champing at the bit to repeal it. So why the hell did so many of them...
by Elisabeth Parker | Dec 18, 2016 | News & Politics
In what kind of “Democracy” does an unqualified demagogue “win” an election after losing the popular vote by 2.8 million? Donald Trump did not even come close to winning the popular vote. We call our country a Democracy. But if we had anything...
by Elisabeth Parker | Oct 30, 2016 | News & Politics
When the going gets tough, the GOP keeps black people from voting. Donald Trump keeps claiming U.S. elections are rigged — and it’s true. But the GOP’s doing the rigging to keep black from voting, along with other groups likely to vote for Democrats. The Indiana...
by Elisabeth Parker | Aug 31, 2016 | News & Politics
We’ve all been taught the North won the Civil War. But we didn’t in the long term. How else can you explain the slow-but-sure Southernization of America? While we were busy congratulating ourselves for being the most wealthy and free nation in the world,...
by Elisabeth Parker | Aug 1, 2016 | News & Politics
How would the economy look if Hillary Rodham Clinton were president? A new report from Moody’s Analytics estimates that her proposals would create a whopping 10.4 million jobs if Congress enacts them. Of course, the report doesn’t say what kind of jobs would be...
