We’re excited to announce that this year’s Truman Banquet fundraiser will be a picnic! Save the date for August 20, 2021, starting at 3:30 pm. We will enjoy music from Bluegrass Disciples and share a picnic dinner — complete with homemade root Read More
Nine hundred million dollars. That’s the budget surplus our so-called leaders are crowing about right now. Our schools and infrastructure fall into disrepair, and our overburdened teachers try to pick up the pieces of the last year. Housing is increasingly unaffordable. The Read More
version of reality. The Republican column last week was beyond absurd. Barbara Miller, a Republican Central Committee member, made accusations that Democrats are colluding with communists to enslave Americans. Actual slavery, she claimed, had nothing to do with race. Ms. Miller claims Read More
I love the Fourth of July. And from what I saw last Saturday, it is safe to say that I am not the only one who feels that way. I believe that the attendance and excitement were greater this year than in Read More
As we celebrate our country’s Declaration of Independence 245 years ago on July Fourth, it is helpful to recognize that true patriotism is part of a process of greater inclusiveness and protecting constitutional rights for all. The declaration’s signatories were 56 white Read More
The Democratic and Republican parties trade columns on Wednesdays and Fridays. The purpose of these dialogues is to elucidate positions and, if one is lucky, lampoon the foibles of our opponents. The issues are important. Lives and livelihoods are at stake. Politics Read More