Symbolism often gets dismissed out of hand as irrelevant. Take for example, the GOP’s over fifty attempts at repeal or modification of the Affordable Care Act in whole or in part, or President Obama’s push for an increase in the minimum wage that will likely never get a vote in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives….
President Obama signed an executive order on Monday that bans workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity among federal contractors. The executive order gives the Secretary of Labor 90 days to come up with regulations implementing the requirement. “America’s federal contracts should not subsidize discrimination against the American people,” Obama said at the…
Recently, Hillary Clinton allowed as how she’s been “thinking” about running for President in 2016. “Thinking” about it? Even a six year old didn’t buy that. When a politician says she (or he) is thinking about running, for an office, it’s like an addict saying they are “thinking,” about taking their next fix. They want…
President Obama said today that he would no longer wait on House Republicans to pass a comprehensive immigration bill as thousands of migrant children remain mired in a bureaucratic jungle that has placed them in inhospitable care. The mostly teenage children have fled their homes in Mexico and Central America where violence and endemic poverty…
