Gun Control Debate Fails to Address the Right of Every American to Public Safety

Keith GirardApril 16, 2021

Gun advocates claim the Second Amendment provides an absolute right to own and carry any kind of gun, but a far greater right should take precedent--the right to public safety. ...

CULTUREPOLITICS

NY City Doomed? Fuggetaboutit! Get Ready for the Next Renaissance Instead

Keith GirardApril 8, 2021

I admit I shed a few crocodile tears when I read New York Post columnist Michael Goodwin's column about New York City's impending doom. ...

CULTURECOMMENTARY

Right-wing Darling Sarah Palin Refutes Fox News on Dangers of COVID-19 (video)

Keith GirardApril 1, 2021

Sarah Palin has learned the hard way that underplaying the danger of COVID-19 like many right-wing pundits, poses a serious risk to your health....

HEALTHCULTURE

NRA Setback: Open Carry of Guns Not a 2nd Amendment Right, Appeals Court Rules

Keith GirardMarch 25, 2021

Restricting the right to carry guns in public has a long history in the United States and does not run afoul of the Second Amendment, a federal appeals court has ruled. ...

CRIMECULTURE

Facebook, Twitter Biggest Sources of Fake COVID-19 Vaccine Info — State AGs

Keith GirardMarch 24, 2021

Facebook and Twitter are major sources of COVID-19 vaccine disinformation and are doing little to curb anti-vaxxers on their platforms....

HEALTHCULTURE

Are Fox News Talking Heads Russian Agents? New CIA Report Points to Kremlin Media Connection

Keith GirardMarch 16, 2021

Fox News Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity have been the biggest purveyors of Russian propaganda (Photos: Gage Skidmore) Fox News talking head...

MEDIACULTURE

The People vs. Trump: Ex-President Should Be Tried for Negligent Homicide For 250,000 COVID Deaths

Keith GirardFebruary 26, 2021

The Trump administration was criminally negligent for coronavirus mismanagement. (Photo: Getty) Donald Trump's mismanagement and dissembling over the COVID-...

CRIMECULTURE

U.S. Military a Breeding Ground for White Racism, Hate, Capitol Riot Shows

Keith GirardFebruary 25, 2021

White supremacists are a growing threat to the nation, and the U.S. military may be an incubator for growing extremism and violence....

CRIMECULTURE

Impeachment Puts GOP’s Soul at Stake; Time to Break Trump’s Cult-Like Hold on Party

Keith GirardFebruary 9, 2021

Donald Trump will face impeachment for the second time in Congress today (Feb. 9), but the soul of the Republican Party will be hanging in the balance....

POLITICSCULTURE

House Should Reject Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Desperate Bid To Cling To Power and Expel Her

Keith GirardFebruary 5, 2021

Marjorie Taylor Greene needs to be expelled from Congress. (Govt. Photo) Marjorie Taylor Greene is so desperate to cling to power she has renounced nearly a...

POLITICSCULTURE

Gamestop Is a Modern-Day Take on ‘Tulip Mania;’ We Know How That Ended

Keith GirardJanuary 30, 2021

Customers line up outside a GameStop in 2006, waiting to buy a new game console. (Photo: Dicoplio Family) Reddit users who have been pushing up shares ...

CULTURE