Deep Dives
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We Are Not Alone
Space. They say it’s the final frontier. And they’ve probably been saying it for a long, long time. According to…
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Monsanto’s Willing Executioners
Is Monsanto “evil”? Just pop that question into Google and you’ll find out quickly why Monsanto ranks near the top…
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Mother Nature’s Invisible Hand Strikes Back
Is the hydrocarbon economy too big to fail? If the woefully inadequate outcome of the Paris climate conference is any indication,…
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Why Democrats Keep On Losing The War Of Words
The Kavanaugh drama is entering its final act. Senators voted to move the nomination to the floor for the final “debate” and vote. And if you compare the pre-cloture speeches by Grassley & McConnell vs. Feinstein & Schumer, you can see and hear exactly why the GOP always wins head-to-head messaging battles. The two Republican…
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Trump Trumps His Kavanaugh Strategy
This morning’s accusatory tweetstorm showed once again that Donald J. Trump quite literally cannot help himself … or the GOP he so desperately needs to hold the Senate in November. Perhaps it’s because he identifies with Kavanaugh and that’s why he asserted that he has “no doubt that, if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she…
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Why The Infowars Purge Is Nothing To Celebrate
I am a free speech absolutist by nature. Short of purposefully screaming fire in a crowded theater with the intent of causing mayhem … I just like having it all out there … from the wackiest religious tripe to the most virulent racist poison. For me, it’s better to see it exposed in the sunlight…
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Was Michael Cohen Sitting on the Eric Schneiderman Story?
So, I have been wondering about the timing of the Eric Schneiderman scumbaggery story because, of course, he’s a crucial player in seating Trump-related investigations at the state level … a.k.a. putting them out of reach from what I see as a forthcoming pardon-palooza from President Donald Trump. Well, thanks to a new court filing…
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The Desperate Appearance of the DNC’s Ill-Timed Lawsuit
This is one of those times when I’m glad I abstain from the two-party system on the grounds that I am a journalist. Why? Because I don’t have a dog in the fight. I really don’t care about the health of the GOP or the Democratic Party … nor is the health of either a…