Opinion Pieces

The neat rows of simple white crosses stretch much too far in American military cemeteries across Europe — marking the graves of young and brave American soldiers.  There are few who can walk among those graves without tears flowing freely.  They gave their lives for our country and died much too young.  As Colin Powell […]

“Defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger”. – JFK I was 12 when I watched JFK’s inaugural address and tonight watched it again on YouTube as a 76 year-old. In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger.

As used by the Republican Party, the words “job creators” are jarring and hypocritical. The quality of life of millions of Americans has been deeply damaged by the implementation of policies driven by those words. That was the entire premise behind the 2017 corporate tax cuts: More jobs. Did they create more jobs? They did

In reaction to Donald Trump’s post-election behavior leading up to January 6, 2021, there was an intense flurry of speeches and angry statements by Republicans.   One of the most dramatic Republican actions was Brian Fitzpatrick’s proposed censure of Trump.  In submitting this censure document, he was joined by six other Republican members of Congress. What

Republicans Denouncing Socialism – Linking it to Mass Murders The Republican party took control of the US House of Representatives in January. Instead of actually governing, the party seems determined to play meaningless, revenge politics that accomplishes nothing, other than serving red meat to their base. Brian Fitzpatrick played a pivotal role in the election

What a confession!  Brian Fitzpatrick, a self-proclaimed Republican moderate, voted for an unqualified, unknown, extremist, inexperienced, 2020 election denier for Speaker of the House simply because “We can’t have the lights off in the House of Representatives.”  After three failed attempts, the chaotic, dysfunctional (their own words!) Republican party gave up on finding a qualified

What a confession. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a self-proclaimed Republican moderate, voted for an unqualified, unknown, extremist, inexperienced, 2020 election denier for Speaker of the House and second in the line to the presidency, simply because “We can’t have the lights off in the House of Representatives” (Oct. 26). A truly sad commentary on today’s Republican

Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick has broken his long habit of silence related to anything to do with Donald Trump and has issued a statement about the former president’s 37 felony-count indictment. Fitzpatrick’s statement has an aura of thoughtful moderation, but, when subjected to even basic analysis, it just does not fly. It does not pass the

Southern state Republicans are on the verge of accomplishing legislatively what the Confederate generals could not achieve on the battlefield over 160 years ago — winning the Civil War. Or at least accomplishing all of the goals that motivated the South to secede in the first place. The forces for and against slavery stood at

Stephen Ayres, who has plead guilty to illegally entering the Capitol Building on January 6th and who testified at a January 6th Committee hearing, provides a powerful lesson for Republican party leaders and the obvious start to solving our country’s painful division: Tell the truth.   Stephen Ayres has to rebuild his life, but at