Attorney General Jeff Sessions is set to reverse an Obama Administration policy that discouraged the Department of Justice from enforcing federal marijuana laws, especially in those states with some form of legal possession and use. Twenty-nine states… more »

...To restore public faith in the governing institutions of the nation. He might do this by releasing his tax returns as proof he is being truthful when he says the new tax law will not be a benefit to him. He might stop disparaging agencies such as the… more »

It appears the Republican Party- the Grand Old Party, the party of Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt, the incubator of the original Progressive movement - is tacitly accepting that it is moving towards an inevitable disaster, a crash-and-burn finale resulting… more »

Dear Jeff Sessions: I am writing to express my befuddlement over your various positions viz-a-viz the Constitution. Earlier this year, the Department of Justice announced it was restoring the ability of local law enforcement to use “civil forfeiture”-… more »

Monday, 28August2017 For those of us who are being spared the miseries of the planet’s vociferous attack on its inhabitants in the form of Hurricane Harvey, now is an appropriate time to reflect upon the true zeitgeist of the nation. The humanity,… more »

As a progressive-minded person who prizes thinkers over ideologues, I never identify as liberal, not only because I find the Left’s moralizing off-putting and doctrinaire, but because it is politically ineffective. Assuming they occupy the moral high… more »