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Round and Round With Right-Wing Hypocrisy
Oh, the wheel of right-wing hypocrisy goes round and round and never stops. Mike Pence (famously know for having no spine) who spent all...
Yvonne Surette
Jun 8, 20231 min read
Governors, Do Your Job So Teachers Can Do Theirs
As a classroom English teacher, I remember times that students experienced earth-shattering realizations through classic literature. It...
Just Another Democrat
Jun 3, 20233 min read


Josh Hawley - An Inherently Problematic Republican
Josh Hawley is telling American men that their masculinity is defined by the left as “inherently problematic.” Now, ain’t that a hoot !...
Just Another Democrat
May 26, 20232 min read
American Exceptionalism - Crisis By Choice
Twenty minutes of the evening news or a quick scan of your phone’s news feed reveals 2023 as a year of global disasters. And it’s only...
Just Another Democrat
May 18, 20233 min read
November Stakes - Abortion and Reproductive Rights
So why is the November 2023 Virginia General Assembly election vitally important ? These Virginia rights and issues are at immediate risk...
Christopher Benjamin
May 14, 20234 min read
Vote, and put out the brushfires
'It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate and tireless minority keen on setting brushfires in the minds of the people’...
Just Another Democrat
May 12, 20233 min read
Oliver Twist 2023 - Part 3
Parts One and Two of this series dealt with the history of child labor in America and what has changed over the past 200 years. ### My...
Just Another Democrat
May 10, 20234 min read


When In Doubt, Cheat ! Republicans cheat for power and not altruism.
When you give Republicans power, this is what happens. They do not have common sense policy positions that will actually serve the people,
Christopher Benjamin
May 7, 20236 min read
Oliver Twist 2023 - Part 2
Part One of this series dealt with the history of child labor in America. Now let’s see what’s changed over the past 200 years. To be...
Just Another Democrat
May 7, 20233 min read
Picking Winners, Picking Losers
An often-repeated bromide in the tape deck of Republican rhetoric is that taxpayers’ money should not subsidize businesses in the private...
Darryl Wimberley
Apr 30, 20234 min read
Oliver Twist 2023 - Part 1
If you had a high school English teacher who was a 19th century British literary fanatic like I was, then you probably struggled with...
Just Another Democrat
Apr 29, 20233 min read
Democracy Protects Us From Mayhem
You know the commercial for home insurance where Mayhem (in the guise of actor Dean Winter) comes to call, wrecking garages, cars, and...
Yvonne Surette
Apr 27, 20234 min read


Roar Like McMorrow
Just over a year ago this happened: Michigan Senator Mallory McMorrow gave a powerful speech that went viral and was an inspiration for...
Christopher Benjamin
Apr 27, 20233 min read
Unintended Consequences ?
The US is number 1 ! A Commonwealth Fund report from 12/2022 that the US leads the rest of the similar high income countries in the world...
Christopher Benjamin
Apr 23, 20232 min read
Nobody Won
If you’re celebrating the decision by the squad in black robes to leave Mifepristone on the market for now - don’t. It’s not a win for...
Just Another Democrat
Apr 22, 20232 min read
Biden Schools the GOP on Real Economic Leadership.
Yes, inflation has been going down, down, down since 6/30/22 ! The rate of inflation for the year ending: 6/30/2022 was 9.1% 7/31/2022...
Christopher Benjamin
Apr 11, 20231 min read
Youngkin Rolling Us Back to "Jim Crow"
If you didn’t know that Virginia’s policy towards re-instating voting rights to ex-prisoners has changed, you aren’t alone. Seems that...
Just Another Democrat
Apr 8, 20233 min read
The Bombs Never Fell But The Bullets Are Flying...
I was in the second grade in 1962, and the country was preparing for an atomic bomb strike. We had no idea what the fallout would be,...
Just Another Democrat
Apr 8, 20233 min read
Job Growth Strong Yet Again !
US job growth was strong in March 2023 resulting in an unemployment rate falling to 3.5% ! A total of 236,000 jobs were added. So what...
Christopher Benjamin
Apr 8, 20231 min read
Jane - Part 4: The End, or just the beginning…
Please read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 first. Dobbs and all of its ramifications for women didn’t happen overnight. A cast of characters...
Just Another Democrat
Apr 7, 20233 min read
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