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This is Andrew Breitbart, the founder of far-right Breitbart News.  And he’s correct here: even though there are right extremist news sources (like his own, and a few cable “news” channels) the left does control the narrative. But this isn’t …

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We don’t need another reminder of how broken our democracy is, but if we did, the meme here would certainly get the job done. It’s hard to imagine anything with a higher rating of public approval than universal background checks …

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What a coincidence.  Shortly after I wrote this post: U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) Speaks on Gun Violence Prevention, I ran across this quote from U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger, who was around when I was a boy. …

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According to the Writer’s Almanac: It’s the birthday of writer Alexis de Tocqueville, born in Paris (1805). He was 25 years old when the French government sent him to America to study the prison system. He spent nine months touring towns and …

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Whatever could this gentleman mean? Well, perhaps it’s a reference to the fact that the will of the people has exactly zero bearing on the way those people are governed. Over 90% of American voters favor universal background checks for …

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While late-night television host Trevor Noah certainly makes a good point in the meme at the left, one has to think that most people who encourage Trump do so because they’re afraid of what will happen if they don’t, not …

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