D.J. McGuire
D.J. is an Adjunct Faculty Instructor in Economics at Tidewater Community College, a cost estimator, and a musician. A neoconservative, he has watched the Republican Party succumb to white supremacist and anti-democratic impulses with alarm. He now calls himself a Red Dog Democrat.
Kiggans Gets Out Over Her Skies On Balloon
New Congresswoman joins the GOP bandwagon on Chinese spy balloon right before the wheels come off. In the end, she ate her foot.
Local Sci-Fi Confronts The Big Lie
Science Fiction is usually about the future. Unfortunately, a local convention has forced the community to look back at January 6.
Why the Moscow Primary Is So Important
For DeSantis et al, it’s not about merely beating Donald Trump. It’s about keeping him out of the general election as a spoiler. Only one person can do that.
What Ruy Teixeira Gets Wrong
His fixation on the voters leaving the Democratic Party comes at the expense of the new arrivals and potentials, badly missing the current moment.
In Defense of Youngkin’s No to CATL
Tax dollars for a firm under CCP pressure in a project that will make our allies suffer in multiple ways is a bad idea no matter who opposes it.
Kremlin Capture of GOP Continues Apace
A Republican majority prefers to leave Ukraine helpless against Moscow. This is excellent news for Vladimir Putin – and Donald Trump.
America’s Enemies Win Big From McCarthy
Call the 20 anti-McCarthy Republicans what you will; they still managed to score a major concession on behalf of the Kremlin.
Kremlin’s Shadow Falls Over the Capitol
Pro-Putin Republicans argue amongst themselves about who should be Speaker as supporters of democracy stock up on popcorn.
Trumpers Go All In For Putin
Nearly every Republican not leaving office either voted or spoke against Ukraine’s self-defense, with one very large exception.
When Did Escaping Communist Tyrannies Become an ‘Invasion’?
Is the GOP hoping to keep the refugees out so we won’t notice those tyrants are as friendly with the Kremlin as Trump is?
