Make Common Sense Common Again

Saturday, January 31, 2015

What passes for "journalism" these days has become an insane game of pretend by multi-millionaires.

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Friday, January 30, 2015

The White House is no place for fakers.

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Rand Paul's serial plagiarism , conspiracy theories , and ties to far-right-wing extremists are bad enough. But now he's kic...
Thursday, January 29, 2015

Republicans are very hypocritical about waterboarding. Loretta Lynch is not.

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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Republicans are lying about "Honest Abe" again.

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Republicans love to cite Abraham Lincoln, but they almost always misrepresent him. Ohio Governor John Kasich is the latest example , u...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Boehner and McConnell gish-galloped through their 60 Minutes interview.

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John Boehner and Mitch McConnell flooded our television screens with a long list of outright lies during their 60 Minutes interview Su...
Monday, January 26, 2015

Which country are Republicans working for?

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The Republican love affair with Vladimir Putin is bad enough. But when Republicans actively undermine President Obama's foreign pol...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

Happy Sunday, everyone! Let's embrace the day with hope and love instead of fear and hate.

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John Sheirer
John Sheirer (pronounced Shy-er) is an award-winning teacher and author. His previous book on politics and current events, Tales of a Real American Liberal, gave rise to a very popular Facebook page by the same name where John posts political commentary that reaches hundreds of thousands of readers every day. At the local level, he writes a monthly column for his hometown newspaper, the Northampton, Massachusetts, Daily Hampshire Gazette (the 2015 New England Newspaper of the Year). John is the author of many other books, including his delightful series of children’s picture books coauthored with his dog Libby. His previous books also include a creative writing idea book, What’s the Story?; a short story collection, One Bite; two memoirs, Loop Year: 365 Days on the Trail and Growing Up Mostly Normal in the Middle of Nowhere; and a public speaking guidebook, Shut Up and Speak! John has taught English and communications at Asnuntuck Community College in Enfield, Connecticut, for more than two decades.
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