As the United States completes its pullout from Afghanistan, the usual suspects worry aloud that the country won’t be able to manage without us. What they and other people with a neo-colonialist mentality don’t realize is that Afghanistan is a sovereign country and that we have been interfering with it unnaturally for 20 years.
Progressives say they are disappointed by the fact that Joe Biden is backing away from promises he made in order to attract their votes during the campaign. Though they certainly have the right to be annoyed, they should not be surprised. After all, Biden clearly didn’t have his heart in it.
Some conservatives think that critical race theory is erroneous, that there is no difference in experience between being white and black in America anymore. Anyone who doubts the continued existence of systemic racism should ride in a car driven by a Black person.
Just as Americans were starting to enjoy the ability to go outside without wearing a mask if they are fully vaccinated, the terrifying new Delta variant has some public health experts wondering if everyone should go back to the bad all days of last year even if they are vaccinated.
The US intelligence community released its long-awaited UFO Report confirming that a series of mysterious flying objects have been seen moving through restricted military airspace over the last several decades and that they might not be of known terrestrial origin.
Afghans who worked for the U.S. military in U.S.-occupied Afghanistan are understandably worried about their safety now that their employers are pulling out and the Taliban are poised to recapture control of the country.
On January 6th the Capitol Police allowed the rioters to go home. Then they tracked them down. Now they’re getting off without prison sentences.
The Affordable Care Act has achieved a dubious distinction: it has brought Americans together. Conservatives are convinced that it is a bolshevik government takeover of private enterprise. Progressives view it as a sell out to big health insurance companies.
After a Portland police officer was indicted for police brutality, 50 colleagues resigned in an effort to express solidarity. Maybe it never occurred to them that they will not be missed.
Adolf Hitler famously loved his dog, a German Shepherd named Blondi. Joe Biden, another political leader who doesn’t seem to care much about human rights, is publicly mourning the death of his German Shepherd.
