Peggy Flanagan presented herself as the candidate “for the many, not the money.” I’m guessing that appeal played a big role in her surprisingly lopsided win over Angie Craig in this month’s primary. Political spending on elections continues to spiral, and voters are waking up to the problem. The blatant corruption of the Trump regime has done a great deal to heighten awareness. AIPAC – the American Israel Public Affairs Committee – has become notorious for its part in efforts to...

You may have heard the news by now. Clay County recently received a $2 million grant to build an organics composting facility. Construction will soon be starting at the landfill site near Hawley, and once operational, it will initially focus on recycling food waste from institutional sources like schools. Drop sites allowing households to participate are also planned. I’m writing this to reflect on how it came about and what it says about citizen activism (and do a little...

I’ve done a fair amount of door knocking, to the point that I sometimes go out with first-timers to show them the ropes. The irony is that I don’t actually consider myself very good at it. I am good at coming up with trenchant responses to people’s qualms about Democrats. The problem is that I don’t think of them until hours later. I’m still haunted by the woman who was adamant that there was rampant grooming of young people in the public schools, trying to make them trans. Maybe...