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Lindsey Graham speaking in the Senate
Lindsey Graham was a spineless war hawk

My mother used to tell me, “If you can’t say something nice about somebody, then you shouldn’t say anything at all.” Sorry Mom. Lindsey Graham has died at the age of 71. The exact cause of death is unclear at this time. Two decades ago, Lindsey Graham was a serious politician who aligned himself with John McCain, an Arizona Republican. Lindsey Graham and John McCain were huge advocates of US military power. There is not a foreign problem that Lindsey Graham thought we could not solve with U.S. military intervention. I’m sorry. Once he attacked Donald Trump and then decided that

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How our love for the Confederacy will never die

In response to the brutal, senseless death of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement accelerated. There were protests throughout the country—and sometimes violent responses by law enforcement or right-wing activists. Then, after ignoring them for generations, we looked around and found all sorts of monuments to the Confederacy. They dotted the landscape throughout the South, and even in some northern and northwest states. Schools, parks, military bases, and highways were named after Confederate generals and Confederate lawmakers. Who erects monuments to losers? Like waking up from a deep sleep, America did a sudden double take. Why do we have all

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Silicon Valley Bank and Donald Trump

I know. I know. Everyone is talking about the indictment of Donald Trump. For the last two to three years, I’ve complained that I’m extremely tired of talking about and writing about Donald Trump. It is hard to adequately tell you how sick and tired I am of discussing Donald Trump. Since 2015, he has dominated the headlines like no other person during my lifetime. There have been various celebrities over the last several decades that have dominated headlines—like Madonna, Michael Jackson, the Bee Gees, Taylor Swift, the Beatles—and there have been politicians that have had their time in the spotlight

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Errington C. Thompson, MD

Dr. Thompson is a surgeon, scholar, full-time sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats.

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The Thirteeneth Juror

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