Month: June 2016

Who Will Speak at the Republican Convention?

Seemingly no one wants to speak at the Cleveland convention that will elect Donald Trump as the Republican Party’s presidential candidate: New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, a rising star who helped to write the GOP platform at...

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Today — SCOTUS – Update

More a headline than a diary (and will delete if someone else more properly covers the issue/news.   The Guardian – Supreme court strikes down strict Texas abortion law aimed at closing clinics . 5 to 3 ruling with...

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How Trump’s Lies Do Their Work

Lying is an effective political tool because it’s so easy to do and often so hard to debunk. Michelle Ye Hee Lee and the researchers at the Washington Post’s Fact Checker have awarded four Pinocchios to Donald Trump...

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Clear Leadership from the EU

Not so long ago any article touting the EU as an example of clear leadership would have been heading for the spike anywhere except perhaps on The Onion or the Waterford Whisperer – see current lead on...

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