Willing to kill to ‘restore’ America
Some whites see themselves as losing to people of other demographics in what to these whites is a zero-sum game. So they’re arming to the teeth.
Commentary
Articles commenting on current events, issues, and persons from a progressive viewpoint.
What’s behind the GOP’s war against democracy?
The signs are becoming more and more stark.
Is fascism ‘cool’? Some now think so.
Some young people, especially young men, are turning to fascism. But others are standing against it.
Bruce’s Take: Someone needs to tell Kelly Craft about Aqua Buddha
The latest Craft ad got me thinking about that classic ad and the effect it had.
Could our country come to this?
A series of small changes can still add up to a massive shift. Is America sliding into authoritarianism, or even full-blown fascism?
The slope isn’t slippery; it’s not even a slope
Any time we bring up gun-safety laws, someone warns about the “slippery slope.” Ivonne Rovira knocks down that argument.
At least it’s not a school ...
We are living in the Age of Mass Shootings. What is it doing to us ... and who’s going to stop it?
We’ve been here before
Persons already there protesting those who are coming. Sound familiar?
A political lynching
As Elie Mystal, writer for The Nation, aptly put it – “the House’s action was a clinic in critical race theory.”
Would-be GOP governors, seeking votes, fall in line for Trump
Will the GOP candidates for KY governor continue to pledge their loyalty to Trump?
Why Tennessee can’t win
The Tennessee legislators think they’re enjoying the last laugh. History holds that it’s Tennessee progressives who’ll get their way in the end.
Bruce’s Take: Let’s look at two recent KDP actions
The Kentucky Democratic Party’s executive committee took a couple of actions recently that I’d like to weigh in on.
A ForwardKY contributor writes to ‘60 Minutes’ in re MTG
The interview of Marjorie Taylor Greene by Lesley Stahl was an “epic fail.”
Clardy: God would say “to hell with your thoughts and prayers”
“Who is benefitting from this gun violence in America? It’s not the children killed in school shootings. It’s the gun manufacturers, the lobbyists from gun groups like the NRA and the politicians. It’s not the rest of us. The rest of us are dying.”
Open government legislative wrap-up: disenfranchisement
The goal is disenfranchisement – and the majority leadership is succeeding in that goal.
