Should we really urge everyone to vote? | GUEST COMMENTARY
Many Americans are admittedly ignorant of politics, writes Richard E. Vatz. Should they really be voting?
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US must hold Iran to account for Hamas’ terror | GUEST COMMENTARY
When will the United States realize that Iran and its lackeys are not educable?
How effective political rhetoric forced Biden from the race | GUEST COMMENTARY
President Joe Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race and the ascent of Donald Trump highlight the importance of what we in the field of rhetorical study call “reluctant testimony.”
Hunter Biden is guilty, but he wasn’t addicted | GUEST COMMENTARY
We submit that Hunter is telling the truth when he says he was not addicted to drugs, meaning he could not control his behavior.
Is political satire a dead art in America? | GUEST COMMENTARY
The popular press and today’s funnypersons lack any discernible sense of what and how to satirize, including the foibles of both the right and left — or either. And that's...
Buffalo shooting makes a clear case for the death penalty | GUEST COMMENTARY
On Friday, 21 people were shot in three separate incidents in Milwaukee after a Bucks' playoff game. On Saturday, police say a hate-filled teen-age racist massacred 10 citizens in Buffalo,...
Presidential debate moderators don’t hide their bias | COMMENTARY
There has been quite a lot of controversy about the presidential debates and the competing town halls between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden over whether they have been conducted...
The unjustified incredulity of Trump-haters | COMMENTARY
Donald Trump is the "dumbest and worst president" in American history, so said Republican attorney George Conway, seeing and raising The Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin's evaluation of President Trump in...
Unfair advantages are the rule in college admissions, not the exception
The late, brilliant comedian Joan Rivers’ favorite catchphrase was “Grow up!” It was said in jest, but meant in earnest to wake her shocked audiences from their stupor long enough...
Civility not yet dead in American politics
Civility — the ability to substantively and respectfully discuss issues with those who see things differently from you — is largely assumed to have disappeared from American society. From California...