Opinion · 117th Congress
Republicans have a very strange idea of self-interest
As some might recall, there was a bit of a contretemps on Jan. 6, 2021, over Vice President Mike Pence’s purported power to reject duly cast electoral votes.
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Opinion · 117th Congress
It’s about more than one dinner and a man named Trump
But to ask anyone to ignore Trump’s well-documented history, his both-sides wink at the deadly Charlottesville, Va., “Unite the Right” rally and his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the
Opinion · 117th Congress
It’s time for a Christmas truce in the COVID wars
Can you grasp how small $9.25 billion is as part of a nearly $6 trillion federal budget? Or against the backdrop of the $31 trillion national debt?
Opinion · 117th Congress
Let’s talk turkey: Trump fever could be breaking in time for a Thanksgiving feast
That’s what some Trump-supporting rioters were yelling as they ransacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in search of congressional Democratic leaders and then-Vice President Mike Pence.
Opinion · 117th Congress
‘What happened to your country?’: The poisoned well of the Trump era
(To his credit, he took in stride the then-No. 6 Aggies upset loss to his passenger’s alma matter, Appalachian State, earlier that day in a 17-14 defensive thriller.)
Opinion · 117th Congress
Two systems of justice? Bet on it
But I don’t think many of the Jan. 6, 2021, crowd would ever link arms with those marching for accountability from authorities for one Black woman and others who fit her profile.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Trump sent his supporters to the Capitol. They are still fighting ‘like hell’ and following his example
The most high-profile example of what Trump has sown is the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, moments before which Trump told a charged-up crowd of his MAGA backers to head over to the legislative hub and
Opinion · 117th Congress
An Rx for politicians — full medical disclosure
Unlike cookie-cutter candidates from central casting, the 6-foot-8, amply tattooed Fetterman is selling his unorthodox blue-collar persona as much as specific issue positions.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden’s State of the Union: a swing and a miss
The world will hold you personally responsible for the death of a 6-year-old girl in Mariupol, killed by your merciless shelling. Count on it.”
Opinion · 117th Congress
Joe Biden and the dangers of inbred optimism
Bush’s ill-fated “Mission Accomplished” sentiments about Iraq, Biden said on July 6, “The virus is on the run, and America is coming back.”
Opinion · 117th Congress
Americans who excuse violence need to see the world through Maxine McNair’s eyes — and soul
And that was just one year ago, on Jan. 6, 2021.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Sometimes, it’s as simple as getting clean water
In the real category, I would place investigations into the hidden motives that drive social media operations, and also throw in the Jan. 6 attempt to overturn an election and democracy itself —
Opinion · 117th Congress
Dysfunction in America is no longer just knocking on the door
Democracy at stake While many citizens breathed a sigh of relief at the pitiful showing at last weekend’s rally in D.C. to support the jailed Jan. 6 insurrectionists, they would be ignoring the danger
Opinion · 117th Congress
Black women — now and then — lead a recalcitrant America toward justice
Compare that with the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, who are only now facing justice — and in the case of the first felony sentence of eight months in prison handed out this week, pretty lenient justice at that
Opinion · 117th Congress
Statues come down, while barriers to truth are erected
There is no more absurd example than in Tennessee, where parents from “Moms for Liberty” don’t want children to learn about what 6-year-old Ruby Bridges endured when she integrated her New Orleans
Opinion · 117th Congress
With freedom rides and ‘states’ rights’ refrains, old times in America are not forgotten
Now, the mayhem of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection to overturn an election has moved to many states, and Republicans in the Senate this week refused to even discuss an attack on rights that the blood
Opinion · 117th Congress
No surprise, American Catholics are as split as the nation over Biden
America is not a theocracy, but it was impossible to miss or not be appalled at the religious imagery invoked at the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection and assault on the U.S.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Securing the Capitol shouldn’t mean it becomes a fortress
It will be important to closely examine how things got out of hand on Jan. 6 and how the security failed. Those responsible — both internally and externally — should be held accountable.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Errant Republicans must loudly hail Biden’s legitimacy
Maybe two decades of quiet work as hospital orderlies in critical care wards might be the only way that Hawley and Cruz can begin to erase the stain of Jan. 6.
Opinion · 116th Congress
The virus and the fabulist in chief in the White House
The 30-year-old Freeman is a 6-foot-5-inch professional athlete — and the virus was powerful enough to make him fear for his life. Just the flu?