Elections are the backbone of America’s democratic systems – if we lose them, we lose Lincoln’s call to ensure that “government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

Look, Thanksgiving is supposed to be a day of coming together and showing gratitude for our many blessings. Regrettably, in our highly agitated state, tensions between left- and right-leaning folks and everyone in between are ruining our holiday meals.

The connection between theater and politics goes back to the earliest days of Western civilization.

The process of a municipality keeping excess funds is called home equity theft, because the former owner of the home lost the property as well as the equity they built over the course of owning the property. 

Long-term treatment in an in-patient setting, advocates say, is much more conducive to recovery than relying on emergency rooms, where people are more likely to be treated for an overdose rather than addiction. 

These hearings are an exercise in groupthink. Either the president is being railroaded or he’s already guilty and all that’s left is to fill in a few blanks.

The courting of white Christian evangelical voters began with the election of George W. Bush. Trump, abetted by right-wing, self-dealing “Christian” leaders like Jerry Falwell, Jr., has just taken it up a notch.