Dick Polman
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Abe Lincoln’s 13th Amendment and the soiling of his legacy
In his remarks yesterday, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the constitutional provision that abolished slavery, President Obama ...
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What’s the Republican plan for beating ISIS? Um, uh, duh …
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Detestable Trumpism and the Republican identity crisis
This is Senator Joe McCarthy, the infamous red-baiting demagogue, speaking in 1951: “How can we account for our present situation u ...
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Obama’s ISIS address: A key shift in terminology, a plea to curb weaponry
One particular passage in President Obama’s Sunday night ...
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Former gun lobby lackey: ‘Doing nothing is no longer an acceptable solution’
A Republican gun lobby lackey is now confessing his sins. He says he was wrong, 19 years ago, when he did the NRA’s bidding in the ...
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San Bernardino and the mantra of impotence
As the BBC World News put it, “Just another day in the United States of America.” The feds said the weapons were purchased le ...
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Crisis? What crisis? Welcome to the Chris Christie school of science
Rising sea levels are threatening low-lying nations; 2015 is on track to be the ...
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Trump meets with black people: What could possibly go wrong?
If perchance you need further proof that Donald Trump would be a disastrous GOP nominee – because a candidate who’s widely pe ...
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A white domestic terrorist suspect says ‘no more baby parts’
Imagine the Republican freakout if a Syrian Muslim refugee had pumped bullets into a Colorado cop and an Iraq war veteran. But because th ...
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A quarter million poor Louisianans have something to be thankful for
The worst place to be poor and uninsured is definitely the Deep South. Ever since Obamacare was enacted, the Republican gov ...
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Finally, a web ad that carves up the Trump turkey
There’s so much to be thankful for today, starting with the basics – as Sinatra sang, “Look at all yo ...
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