by Kitty Testa There’s a wonderful tradition in NHL playoff games in which the opposing teams line up after a championship game and shake each other’s hands. The losing team congratulates the winning team. The winning team congratulates the losing team on a hard-fought challenge. It exemplifies grace in victory and grace in defeat. It…
by Eli Bowman Bullying. Intimidation. Name calling. Violence. Hate. Racism. These are words you often hear used to describe the alt-right. You know, the not-so-new “new” group of people who gained the vocal confidence have been emboldened by the uprising of Donald Trump? Well…these words would likely be a good assessment of those folks. After…
by Jim Duncan Full disclosure, I didn’t vote for Donald Trump. Regardless of how any of us voted though, the only intelligent and moral thing for all Americans to now do is come together in encouraging President Trump’s success. As Hillary Clinton said in her concession speech, “we must have an open mind, and give…
By: Elias J. Atienza The Libertarian Party was supposed to win big. With the two most unpopular candidates in modern American politics, the ticket of two experienced governors, backed up by the only third party on the ballot in all fifty states, the LP had a chance to win through the Electoral College. But instead,…
By Brett Chandrasekhar At May during the Libertarian Party’s National Convention, a pudgy white man went up on stage, played music on his phone, and began a stripshow. This was James Weeks, a candidate for chairman of the party. C-SPAN aired this event and multiple publications picked it up, using it to symbolize the LP’s…
by Josh Guckert Following the election of Donald Trump, many are scrambling to decipher what tipped the scale in the Republican nominee’s favor. One issue which can be easily picked is his support of a border wall and staunch stance against immigration. However, exit polls reveal that this is not the case. As shown by the…
by Kitty Testa There is only one true reason that we have been able to keep this diverse republic together for over 200 years: we don’t kill the opposition. That is what they do in other countries—not here. Not us. Not so fast. This is what happened yesterday in Chicago: And here is a collection…
by Josh Guckert In the aftermath of a devastating and unexpected loss to the Republicans, Democrats must make a decision as to what direction they will take their party. After their own beacon of hope, Barack Obama, largely let them down for eight years, they are now faced with President Donald Trump. The most frightening…
Trying To Make Sense Of This Election Requires Listening by Avens O’Brien On Tuesday, 59 million people voted for Donald Trump and made him our President-elect. Did they do it because they’re racist? They hate women? Immigrants? Free trade? Taxes? The Hollywood elite? The establishment? Maybe. Maybe to all of that, or some of it….
by Brian Nichols If you have graced social media at all today, I’m sure you have been enlightened by your liberal, progressive friends as to how terrible those who voted for Donald Trump are and that Trump is an absolute monster ready to destroy minority rights. Here are some highlights I encountered: “If you voted…