President Donald Trump’s cabinet is starting to look more and more like a Bush-Cheney war room.The irony is thick, considering candidate Trump’s promises to “drain the swamp,” his claimed opposition to foreign intervention, and his apparent antagonism to the Bush dynasty in the lead up to election day.Just days ago, Trump fired Secretary of State Read More
Several months ago, the National Archives claimed that essentially all of the documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy had been made public. Now it appears there are thousands more yet unreleased.
The latest school shooting in Parkland, FL, has prompted another round of fights over gun control measures. But a bipartisan readiness to end the sale of bump stocks is emerging.
Two JFK researchers break down a top-secret CIA assassination program known as ZR/RIFLE, and what connection it may have had to the murder of President John F. Kennedy.
The National Archives and Record Administration has revealed the total count of classified JFK assassination records that have yet to be released.
It’s taken decades, but finally all classified government documents related to the JFK assassination are scheduled to be released today — unless Trump reverses his stance in favor of disclosure.
Fifty years ago today, in 1967, nearly 100,000 Americans marched on Washington, DC, to protest the Vietnam War. In those days there was a mandatory draft in place, and the risk was very real that a young man just out of high school could quickly wind up 13,000 miles away, fighting an unseen enemy in Read More
Today is the French national holiday also known as Bastille Day.I first heard of Bastille Day as a teenager when I heard the song of the same name by the Canadian prog-rock band Rush. Here’s some sample lyrics:But they’re marching to Bastille Day La guillotine will claim her bloody prize Free the dungeons of the Read More
The value placed on free speech in the US is so high that some of the most abhorrent individuals and groups can have their say. This court case proves it.
On Saturday, Trump gave the commencement speech at Liberty University, a bastion for conservative evangelicals, who voted overwhelmingly for the president in 2016. But their support for Trump is just the latest chapter in a nearly 40-year compromising alliance with the GOP.
Our primary way of categorizing political discourse is Left-Right. But is this way of thinking inherently limiting and prone to misconception?