Author: Brendan Skwire

Photo credit: Institute for Local Self Reliance For as long as I’ve had a driver’s...

The difference between Democrats and Republicans is that Democrats will help a person who’s down on their luck—Republicans will beat that same person up and then steal their wallet.

I’m old enough to remember that while the USSR had breadlines, the USA was the land of plenty. What changed? Maybe Comrade Trump knows.

Americans’ collective response to the coronavirus reveals the rot at the heart of Republican and conservative theories of governance.

John Prine (October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020) died from complications related to COVID-19. It was an unnecessary death, and can be laid at the feet of Donald Trump and the Republican Party.