Guest Column – By James Rhodes – It is evident that some news readers are confused and baffled by the actions of many Republicans in the U.S. House and Senate, as their policy positions do not line-up with long standing Republican principles. I resided in Alabama when being a Republican was not only rare, but…
Democrats Projected to Win Both U.S. Senate Campaigns in Georgia – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — My eyes eased open just before sunrise this morning to that pre-sunrise orange glow coming up over the smoky mountains in view from the upstairs window facing east toward the peaks. You know,…
By Glynn Wilson – EDITOR’S NOTE – You may not see much of this in the mainstream media’s year in review stories, which quite frankly so far have made me gag, literally. And want to gouge out my own eyes like a scene from King Lear. Maybe jump out a third story window. Never fear.…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, N.C. — So if you are like many of my vocal Facebook friends, fans and followers, you may be chomping at the bit to see Donald Trump frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs or a straight-jacket and hauled off to a padded or…
Click the map to create your own here – By Glynn Wilson – GETTYSBURG, Pa. — It’s the day after Election Day 2020 and there’s still no declared winner in the presidential race, although as the absentee and mail-in votes are counted today and this week in key battleground states, experts are still giving the…
CAMP DAVID, Md. — Editor’s Note – A few inspirational thoughts on Election Day while we hold our breaths and wait for the results to start coming in Tuesday night. Today I will fly my American flag proudly in my campsite in the same mountain woods as Camp David, because I will not concede the…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Counting down to the final days of the 2020 election, public opinion is holding steady in favor of overturning Donald Trump’s alt-right view of the world, if only by a slim majority. In the latest Morning Consult poll, Democrat Joe Biden holds onto a 9 point lead among…
By Glynn Wilson – ASHEVILLE, N.C. — In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, fall is in the air and the people are starting to pay attention to politics with less than 30 days to go before the election November 3. And just as white supremacy has come to the fore in Donald…
By Robert Reich – This November, we have an opportunity to harness your energy and momentum into political power and not just defeat Trump, but also flip the Senate. Here are six key races you should be paying attention to. 1. The first is North Carolina Republican senator Thom Tillis, notable for his “olympic gold”…
By Glynn Wilson – U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama and other Senators returned to Washington this week to face a power play by President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over the Supreme Court seat left open by last week’s death of popular liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at 87. “I’m saddened…
“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” — Mark Twain The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Cool air in the wake of the wind and rain from Hurricane Sally has now cleared the smoke from wildfires out west mostly out of the Blue…
If Donald Trump is So Dumb, Why is He Still in the White House with a Chance to Win Again in 2020? – “We are a race of tit-men, and soar but little higher in our intellectual flights than the columns of the daily paper … Consider how little this village does for its own…
“Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.” – H. L. Mencken The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Time is running short. There’s only a couple of months left in the campaign to see who will emerge as the winner in the presidential election of 2020. No pressure. At stake…
Will the Right Wing Militia Let Him Get Away With It? – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – It was December 6, 2017, and we were breaking news from Mobile, Alabama, when we found out tea party hero Steve Bannon was coming to Fairhope across the bay to campaign for the Ten Commandments…
“The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.” – Theodore H. White By Glynn Wilson – “Politics and money go together like whiskey and cocaine,” a Republican friend of mine used to say. “You can do one without the other, but it’s not quite the same.” I could get…
By Glynn Wilson – In a world upended by the coronavirus and resulting economic recession, Democrats are taking to the internet this week and scrambling to reach out to all Americans willing to listen to offer a sane alternative to Donald Trump in the White House and Republicans in the United States Senate with a…
Democrats in the Senate Respond – By Glynn Wilson – Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell single-handedly adjourned the United States Senate on Thursday until September 8, the day after Labor Day, without reaching a deal for a new round of coronavirus relief. In response, along with other Democrats in the Senate, U.S. Senator Doug Jones…
By Glynn Wilson – A group of United States Senators, including Doug Jones of Alabama, is urging President Donald Trump’s recently appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to provide answers regarding reports of recent changes to long-standing practices at the U.S. Postal Service, changes that would result in increased delivery times and costs for election mail,…
A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand – “We came out here to find the American Dream, and now that we’re right in the vortex you want to quit … You must realize that we’ve found the main nerve.” I know,” he said. “That’s what gives me the Fear.” – Hunter S. Thompson “By disgracing…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – In discussing death, people often talk about someone’s “untimely death” when a person dies relatively young and suddenly. Civil Rights hero and Atlanta Congressman John Lewis was not young and his death was not sudden. He was 80 when he died on Friday from pancreatic cancer, which…
