Category: Politics

Instagram Tea Leaves
by WS Editors | Oct 15, 2019 | Media, PoliticsIt was easy enough to find out what the pundits thought about the Sept. 12 Democratic debate, but what about the candidates themselves? How did they position their candidacies in the days that followed? A scroll through Instagram was instructive and also provided a glimpse of how that platform is being deployed as source for […]

Holding Democracy in the U.S. Hostage
by Anne Nelson | Oct 10, 2019 | PoliticsOne day in August 2004, as I drove down the street in my hometown of Stillwater, Okla., I tuned the radio dial to a new station. I settled on a random call-in show and sat back to listen. The host was denouncing the candidacy of John Kerry in terms that went something like this. “He […]

Montana Voters Offer Useful Intelligence
by Richard Brodsky | Sep 30, 2019 | Election 2020For New Yorkers, summer travel to Montana has intrinsic worth: scenery, family, climate, and a break from the routine we create for ourselves. It is also an opportunity to see the world through a different set of eyes. Those eyes in Montana are cast firmly on the 2020 presidential election to precisely the same extent […]

Yes, Increase Taxes on the Ultrarich, but What’s the Best Way to Do It?
by Steven Pressman | Sep 29, 2019 | Economy, Election 2020During the most recent Democratic presidential debate, Elizabeth Warren vigorously defended her proposal for a new type of tax in the United States—an annual tax on wealth. “It’s time to tax the top one-tenth of 1 percent fortunes in this country,” she said. Indeed, the very rich do need to pay higher taxes. Their tax […]

Why “I don’t like his rhetoric, but I like what he’s doing with the economy” is not a good reason to support any leader
by Patricia Roberts-Miller | Sep 25, 2019 | Media, PoliticsThere are a lot of sayings that amount to a kind of folk pragmatism: “Might makes right.” “God helps those who help themselves.” “The ends justify the means.” “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.” These are all ways of saying if you’re getting the outcome you want, then don’t worry about how that […]
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Artists Rally for Equality and Inclusion in Tennessee
March 20 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN
Presented by Live Nation
Featuring Allison Russell, Amanda Shires, Brittany Howard, Brothers Osborne, Hayley Williams, Hozier, Jake Wesley Rogers, Jason Isbell, Joy Oladokun, Julien Baker, Maren Morris, Mya Byrne, Sheryl Crow, The Rainbow Coalition Band, Yola and more TBA
A Benefit Concert for Tennessee Equality Project, Inclusion Tennessee, OUTMemphis and The Tennessee Pride Chamber in Partnership With Looking Out Foundation
Podcast
Listen to “Paranoia on Parade”, a 3-part audio podcast with commentary from author Dave Troy, Jack Bryan, director of the 2018 film “Active Measures," and Hamilton Fish, Editor of The Washington Spectator.
Editor’s Picks
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What It Means When DeSantis Plays God
By Dick Batchelor
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Republicans Mishandle First Oversight Hearing
By Louis Clark
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By Lisa Graves
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Trump’s Criminal Intent — Day Nine
By Jonathan Alter
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The Right Normalizes Anti-Semitism
By Charlie Sykes