by Terrance Heath | Jan 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
State of the Union Obama to focus on future in his final State of the Union speech. CNN: “It was tempting for the President to follow the lead of his predecessors, take a victory lap and mainly tout his administration’s achievements. But Obama’s instruction to his...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 8, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
When President Obama introduced his executive actions on gun control, he wept as he talked about Sandy Hook Elementary. Wingnuts couldn’t understand why he would still cry over 20 dead first graders. It took a long time. It took over 20 mass shootings since Barack...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 5, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
The right-wing lawlessness on display in the armed standoff in Oregon must not stand. The federal government needs to get it right this time, or risk emboldening homegrown extremists. On Saturday, Ammon and Ryan Bundy — sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy — led more...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 24, 2015 | Blog
Are you dreading another holiday dinner with a talkative right-wing relative or two? Here’s a year’s worth of wingnuttia to shut them up. As the holiday’s approach and the year winds to a close, many of us are headed for holiday dinners with a few right-leaning family...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 23, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Michael Brown. Eric Garner. Laquan McDonald. Sandra Bland. Walter Scott. Rekia Boyd. Tamir Rice. Most Americans have at least heard their names, and the stories of how they died. We have seen videos and images of their deaths, or of the aftermaths. They are...