Cheers and Jeers: Monday
Cheers and Jeers is a weekday coping mechanism from the great state of Maine.
Commentary
Articles commenting on current events, issues, and persons from a progressive viewpoint.
Changing our guns-and-violence culture
If we don’t change it, we’ll continue to see more of the same.
THIS is what Senate Dems need to be pushing for
When it comes to the budget fight, they have the leverage – they should use it.
‘Murder is wrong. Always. But if we stop there, we miss the deeper truth.’
More thoughts on the Charlie Kirk assassination.
‘We do not settle our differences through violence.’
– Dr. Brian Clardy, commenting on the Kirk murder
The Charlie Kirk assassination: two condemnations
My thoughts on this horrific act of violence
Kentucky students need more than just ‘moments of silence’
Meditation is great. So is enough food and protection from abuse.
‘Pro-union’? No, pro Trump suck-up
Par for the course: a Labor secretary that hates unions
SCOTUS okays Jim Crow 2.0
Coming soon to a town near you – or to your own neighborhood – or to you
The Epstein victims
The voices outside the Capitol this week were not partisan operatives. They were not political props. They were survivors; women who endured the nightmare of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse and who have spent decades demanding the truth be revealed. Their testimony was raw, painful, and necessary. And yet, President Donald
When it comes to school shootings, it’s not mental health – it’s us
All countries have citizens with mental health issues; doing so little to stop school shootings is uniquely American.
Stealing from libraries is not Biblical – or moral
Even when church members do it at the urging of their pastors
If it’s not the guns, then what are you doing about mental health?
Here’s the quick answer: nothing.
