Opinion

By Thomas L. Knapp On February 21, the Biden administration announced a new $1.2 billion round of student loan forgiveness, with president Joe Biden personally notifying the 153,000 beneficiaries by email. "I hope this relief gives you a little more breathing room," Biden wrote. "I’ve heard … [Read more...] about Opinion: Return of the ‘Student Loan Forgiveness’ vote-buying scheme

 By Bob Topper American Ideology Thomas Jefferson studied and embraced Enlightenment philosophy, the ideas of the Age of Reason. And they inspired him when he wrote the Declaration of Independence.  “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are … [Read more...] about Opinion: How Christians radicalized the GOP 

Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive President Joe Biden is back in the Bay Area and we’d be remiss in not reminding everyone that it’s another fundraising trip in which the president will only rub elbows with wealthy donors.  Last time Mr. Biden was in the area, he helicoptered into … [Read more...] about Again, President Biden visits the wealthy in the Bay Area; bypasses everyday people living under his policies

By Derek Royden According to a myth about the founding of Athens, the city’s king, Cecrops, held a contest to decide which god or goddess would be the city’s namesake and protector. Two were chosen for the honor: Poseidon, the god of the sea and Athena, the goddess of wisdom.  Going first, … [Read more...] about Opinion: Of olive trees, Bison and the dispossessed

Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick Secrecy is never good. No better example than the shooting in Kansas City at the end of the parade celebrating the Super Bowl victory for the Kansas City Chiefs.  Two 17-year-old kids were arrested and charged. They may be tried as adults, but for … [Read more...] about Opinion: Charge the 17-year-old KC shooters as adults; secrecy in this case does no public good

By Winslow Myers What is the exact length of an inch, or the weight of an ounce? In this world of relativity, how do we gauge absolute standards? Nations employ whole bureaus with sophisticated methods of calibrating the measurement of a meter, or the weight of some discrete quantity of atomic … [Read more...] about Opinion: Navalny’s Value

Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick President Joe Biden will soon have his annual physical, but the White House spokesliar says it will not include a cognitive test. And, everyone knows why: Joe doesn’t live here anymore.  We know this beyond a shadow of a doubt in a number of … [Read more...] about Joe doesn’t live here anymore

By Tom H. Hastings Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian leader who capitulated to Hitler. He was Norwegian, and he was taller than our Austrian dictator, which made him smile obsequiously when in the presence of his Fuhrer boss. Norwegians came to despise Quisling. Even today, his name is eponymous … [Read more...] about NATO as provocateur: Trump as Pawn