Is Irish American history woke?
Being something of a smart aleck, I've sometimes joked that while I may look white, actually I'm Irish. All eight of my great-grandparents were born there. Indeed, there was a...
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Talk of mass deportation is Texas bull
OPINION- Putting aside the question of whether he will be inaugurated as president come January, is there any chance that Donald Trump will deport millions of undocumented immigrants from the...
Anti-immigrant sentiment is nothing new
OPINION- Being of Irish Catholic descent, I've always been basically pro-immigrant. All eight of my great-grandparents were born in that country, and my family taught me to consider myself "Irish"...
There’s no shame in being a dog
This just in: Your dog doesn't feel even a little bit guilty for jumping up on the counter and scarfing down an entire baked chicken. He's just afraid because you're...
Hey, Republicans: You can’t believe your lying candidate
OPINION- Here's my question: Is there anybody in the Republican Party with the presence of mind and the political courage to imitate the Democrats? Persuading Joe Biden to withdraw from...
There’s only one delusional old guy in the race now
OPINION- You do know that Donald Trump has never won a majority of the votes in any election, right? Hillary Clinton got 3.5 million more votes than Trump in 2016;...
Dems must take action to nominate a new candidate
OPINION- Toward the end of last week's Biden vs. Trump debate on CNN, I got up from the TV and posted this message on Facebook: "It's a catastrophe. The Democratic...
Pay no attention to the crazy-talking orange man
OPINION- I remember when a politician who expressed an easily debunked, crackpot conspiracy theory would be through in public life.
Fool us twice? Shame on us
OPINION- Debates, rallies and candidate speeches take place. Newspapers and TV news outlets publish polling results every few days. Everybody's familiar with the ritual, and everybody plays along.
It always comes back to sex
Show me a book-banner, and I'll show you a would-be tyrant. The same applies to individuals who seek to promote mandatory speech: what you're forbidden to read, what you must...
