Political Violence? No, Let’s Do Politics “the Right Way.”

Political Violence? No, Let’s Do Politics “the Right Way.”

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, accusations flew furiously from “the right” that “left wing radicals” were responsible.  And, it might indeed turn out that Sullivan had been radicalized by leftist rhetoric, most likely on increasingly toxic and unhinged social...
Vicious Rhetoric Leads to Political Violence, but . . .

Vicious Rhetoric Leads to Political Violence, but . . .

On Friday night, June 13, two political assassinations took place in Minnesota by a man who violently angry about abortion and LGBTQ rights. https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/15/vance-boelter-accused-of-assassination-of-dfl-house-leader-melissa-hortman-apprehended...
Punishing Dissenting Voices

Punishing Dissenting Voices

In the U.S., we enjoy the protections of the First Amendment, particularly around political speech –– talking or writing about the wrongs that government and its agencies do. In Russia, as in many other autocratic legal/political systems, dissent is punished by the...
Deliberately Wrong on “Rights”?

Deliberately Wrong on “Rights”?

Given the partisan dispute over the Freedom to Vote Act, which was recently voted down in the US Senate, we could easily overlook that this was supposed to be a compromise plan, designed specifically to generate support from both parties.  After the demise of the...
Free Speech, Electoral Lies, and Outright Sedition

Free Speech, Electoral Lies, and Outright Sedition

“It’s a free country.”  Most of us heard this growing up, but few of us understood the First Amendment, and its generosity toward outright inflammatory lying.  Whatever the merits of “America’s Mayor,” Rudy Giuliani, he has done our democracy and electoral...