by Terrance Heath | Dec 22, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
On June 8, 2014, white, anti-government, tea party supporters shot and killed two Las Vegas police officers. Conservative media was conspicuously silent. On Saturday, Ismaaiyl Brinsley shot and killed NYPD officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos as they sat in their...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 19, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Santa Cruz came to town this week, when Sen. Ted Cruz (R, Texas) inadvertently gave Senate Democrats an early holiday gift. Democrats taunted Cruz and Republicans cursed him for pulling a parliamentary shenanigan that let Democrats push through two dozen nominations...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 18, 2014 | Conservatism, Health
Conservative economic policy turned Kansas into a “smoking ruin.” Now, a cure for what’s the matter with Kansas is coming from an unexpected source. In 2012, Kansas governor Sam Brownback signed into law a massive tax cut that he said would boost the state’s economy....
by Terrance Heath | Dec 17, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Republicans finally have something to run on: fear. This week, it’s fear of Ebola. Of course, right-wing fear-mongers always leave out how conservatism made the Ebola crisis worse. Fox News contributor Stacey Dash called for the federal government to establish...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 14, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
If this week is a preview of what we’re in for with the next Congress, get ready to step through the looking glass and into a world where executive actions are impeachable offenses, and Duck Dynasty is Broadway bound. What a difference an election makes! Remember just...
