The Shutdown Shadow and America’s Soul
By Douglas V. Gibbs An illusion of victory has been achieved, but the end of the government shutdown masks deeper...
Government Shutdown Nears End as Bipartisan Deal Emerges in Senate
By Douglas V. Gibbs After 40 days of gridlock, furloughs, and mounting political pressure, the federal government appears poised to...
Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump, and Speculative Implications
By Douglas V. Gibbs A libertarian told me a few days ago that he liked President Trump in the beginning,...
Shutdown End In Sight
By Douglas V. Gibbs We are experiencing no ordinary government shutdown. Sure, its record-breaking length is definitely something new, but...
Judicial Activism and the Constitution
By Douglas V. Gibbs In 1787, the Founding Fathers debated judicial power with intensity and foresight. The conscept of judicial...
The Far-Right False Rhetoric
By Douglas V. Gibbs I was looking up Valentina Gomez, a Republican running for Texas’s 31st congressional district after seeing...
Trump has a Chance to Reverse Some of History’s Unconstitutional Land Grabs
By Douglas V. Gibbs President Donald Trump is actively pursuing plans to sell federal properties to private buyers, particularly underutilized...
Blue Tuesday, 2025: No Surprise, but Not Without Warning
By Douglas V. Gibbs The Democrats swept the 2025 elections in deep-blue states, but the narrower margins suggest cracks in...
Tyranny’s Next Step
By Douglas V. Gibbs The Democrats have nothing remaining but violence. They have failed in their resistance against Trump who...
Christianity At Risk at the Hands of the Red/Green Alliance
By Douglas V. Gibbs In Nigeria, the rest of Africa, and many regions around the world for that matter, the...