What do you call people who are against people collectively determining their working conditions and who are for more restrictive voting regulations?
I don’t think you call them lovers of democracy or popular will.
Judging from the polls, Trump is remarkably unpopular with the voting public. This shouldn’t be surprising, since he seems to be interested in serving two minority constituencies: MAGA adherents and the ultra rich. The first gives him power in primary elections, and the second flatters and enriches him. Take MAGA. When Trump declares that the […]
What do you call people who are against people collectively determining their working conditions and who are for more restrictive voting regulations?
I don’t think you call them lovers of democracy or popular will.
Re: Voter ID, we’re going to disenfranchise thousands of people to prevent voter fraud which numbers at best a few tens out of millions of ballots cast?
Those concerned about voter fraud ought to spend their energy on making sure that voting machines are above suspicion.
It seems our open season on human beings is just getting started. A shooting of a robber in Milwaukee, the killing of an unarmed  young man in Florida and  the killing of another unarmed man in West Bend are appalling and disturbing.
They are also the consequences of an unholy alliance between the NRA and ALEC.
It’s bad enough that the messengers of the GOP have constantly provoked fear and hatred among Americans. Now they are putting guns into the hands of those they’ve disturbed.
None of these shootings were in defense of human life; they were in defense of property at best, and at worst the tragic consequences of overblown, unrealistic fears.
There is a profound immorality at work here. The makers and promoters of handguns — whose true purpose is to allow humans to kill their fellows  — should be called to task for the lust for money and power that is motivating them.