Feehery: Back to school
For the first time in a generation, Republicans are competitive with Democrats when it comes to the issue of education. If you have kids, you are much more likely to make school policy a top voting priority than if you don’t have any children. That was hammered home to me during the pandemic. Most old people cared more about their own well-being than they cared about the mental and physical health of the country’s school children. Thi
Read MoreTop Latino group, environmental group endorse South Texas Democrat for House
The Latino Victory Fund and the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) on Tuesday endorsed Michelle Vallejo, a progressive Democrat running for the most competitive House seat in Texas. “It’s an honor to have earned the support of LCV Action Fund and Latino Victory Fund,” said Vallejo. “As South Texas faces more severe weather every year and is on the verge of the worst water crisis in our history, our health and our economy are taking the hit." Vallejo, 31, is running in a district that was redrawn after the 2020 Census, shifting from a slight Democratic le
Read MoreTrump’s document dump: An intelligence community debacle?
Can Americans sleep soundly at night, confident that our national secrets are safe from falling into the wrong hands? The same for our allies? With all due respect to former President Trump and his aides, along with the leaders of America’s intelligence community in Congress, the CIA, the FBI and other high federal officials, both sides in the battle over the classified documents in Mar-a-Lago have been insulting our intelligence. We reach this conclusion most regrettably. But unlike Col. Nathan R. Jessup (a.k.a Jack Nicholson) in “A Few Good Men,” we think Americans can
Read MoreDemocrats’ increasing disregard for democracy
Progressive Democrats, including President Biden, constantly complain about threats to democracy. And yet, they are more than willing to disregard the democratic process if that’s what it takes to get their way. Biden’s half-trillion-dollar student loan “forg
Read MoreSupport for labor unions highest since 1965: Gallup
Seventy-one percent of Americans indicated support for labor unions in a Gallup poll released on Tuesday, the highest percentage since 1965. The latest measure is a slight uptick from the 68 percent who supported labor unions when the survey giant polled the question last year. Gallup has tracked union approval for decades, and support has gradually increased since 2009. Support fell below 50 percent for the only time in 2009, but ever since has been improving to levels now not seen in more
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