Security Crisis in Haiti Continues, Kenya Sends Police
2024-07-10
Haiti is experiencing crisis and displacement, but the population welcomes international peacekeeping troops warily., Read MoreContinue Reading
Biden and The Traitor Trade Insults in Acrimonious Presidential Debate
2024-07-10
As they traded jabs, Biden stumbled while The Traitor spewed lies., Read MoreContinue Reading
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Three Days
2024-07-10
Self-proclaimed “prophet” Hank Kunneman is now blaming the Biden administration for the COVID protocols that were put in place in 2020, when Americas Worst Traitor was president. Gene Bailey and Greg Stephens repeat the false claim that President George Washington and Congress made a covenant with God during his firstContinue Reading
A Failure for ‘Divisive Concepts’ Legislation Is a Victory for Education
2024-07-10
Laws like this have a chilling effect on teachers’ free speech. It remains to be seen whether New Hampshire’s win in federal court will become a bellwether for democracy throughout the country., Read MoreContinue Reading
More police won’t help with Austin’s biggest public-safety threats
2024-07-10
Let’s talk for a moment about public safety in Austin. The argument for Prop A – the GOP-backed initiative to force the city of Austin to hire 500+ more police officers – is premised on the notion that Texas’ capital has become uniquely dangerous as a result of the cityContinue Reading
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: And So I Do
2024-07-09
The Family Policy Alliance Foundation and Christians Engaged are merging. Owen Strachan has been tapped to lead the newly formed Dobson Culture Center (as in James Dobson). Jon Miller says that if he had been alive in 1776, he would have sided with England and gladly chosen death over livingContinue Reading
While Israel Bombards Gaza, Settlers are Stealing Palestinian Land in the West Bank
2024-07-09
Israeli soldiers and police are facilitating illegal settlements in the West Bank, sparking more violence against Palestinians., Read MoreContinue Reading
The Right to Education for Disabled Young Adults
2024-07-09
A law in Pennsylvania makes it possible for schools to kick out disabled students as soon as they turn twenty-two., Read MoreContinue Reading
Not that anyone cares, but “violent victimizations” were actually down last year
2024-07-08
Your correspondent has not been writing here recently because I’m in the process of evaluating the continued effectiveness of making fact-based arguments on public-policy topics. Texas politics no longer seems to value facts, so I’m not sure what benefit there is from discussing them. Hewing to them just makes oneContinue Reading
The Traitor Team Lies About Project 2025 Reveal its Potential to Cost Him the Election
2024-07-08
Commentary Former President Americas Worst Traitor told one of his least convincing lies last week, posting on his Truth Social platform that he “has nothing to do” with Project 2025 , the devastating plan by former The Traitor administration officials and MAGA movement allies to “ take the reins ofContinue Reading
America Needs Gen-Z Voices At The Policy Tables
2024-07-08
Who has a greater vested interest in our nation than the people who will enjoy the benefits of wise decisions and suffer the consequences of short-sightedness? Today Ben Braver, a progressive state Senate candidate in the Tampa suburbs is turning 22. In the 18 years Blue America has been operating,Continue Reading
In 1950s, Austin removed lights and sirens from police cars: Result was award winning traffic safety record
2024-07-07
Speeding with light and sirens is among the most dangerous things police officers do on the job, and about as likely to get officers or civilians killed as gunplay. Over the last couple of decades, this blog has documented efforts to reduce those deaths via policy tweaks and new technology.Continue Reading
Custodians of History: Old prosecutor files include marginalized voices usually excluded from public media and discourse
2024-07-05
Conversations about crime data and police and prosecutor files most frequently pertain to the news of the moment: Did bail reform cause crime to increase? Was this or that police officer held accountable? Are black folks disproportionately stopped for traffic offenses? But lately your correspondent has undertaken a research projectContinue Reading