Posts Tagged ‘republicans’

Bordering On Crazy

Bordering On Crazy
SB 1070, the immigration reform bill Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed into law last week, is awful. Feel free to read it yourself (it’s not an overly difficult law to understand), but here are some important excerpts: “Requires a reasonable attempt to be made to determine the immigration...
April 27th, 2010 | Essays, Featured | Read More

An Open Letter to the Grand Old Party, Part I

An Open Letter to the Grand Old Party, Part I
Dear G.O.P., You probably don’t know this but you and I haven’t been on speaking terms lately. The last Presidential Election rattled me hard. I had genuine interest in McCain until I realized that 2008 Candidate McCain had little in common with 2000 Candidate McCain. The stunt of  suspending...
March 26th, 2010 | Essays, Featured | Read More

On Health Care Reform (The Ayes Have It)

On Health Care Reform (The Ayes Have It)
Webster? In the fall of 2009, Burnside Writers Collective published an article I wrote on health care reform called Who Would Jesus Heal? The piece was a lightning rod, drawing more comments than any other piece in the history of the website. This online community became a microcosm for the debate that...
March 24th, 2010 | Featured, The Remedy | Read More