Op–Ed

By Colby Etherton  On June 24, the Supreme Court undid fifty years of precedent and ruled that women do not have a constitutional right to an abortion. Immediately, bans went

By Colby Etherton  A leaked Politico report recently revealed that five of the nine sitting Supreme Court justices (Amy Coney Barrett, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Brett Cavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch) privately

By Colby Etherton  With less than six months to go until the 2022 midterms, there is anxiety in the Democratic Party as to whether they will be able to hold

By Colby Etherton  This month, I’ve taken a departure from writing about current affairs to writing about a show I love but, boy, has been quite the snail race this

By Colby Etherton  For nearly a year, rank and file Democrats in Congress had been negotiating on what would’ve been the largest reimagining of the government’s role in public life

By Colby Etherton In the wake of President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda failing when Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) come out publicly as a “no†on the historic legislation, Democrats

By Colby Etherton Lord, what a year 2021 was in the world of politics.  West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin has effectively killed Biden’s Build Back Better plan, publicly announcing that

By Colby Etherton The last few weeks of November were a mixed bag for Democrats, who have been struggling to make their case to voters ahead of next year’s mid-term

By Colby Etherton Throughout October, negotiations were going on regarding President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan, originally a $3.5 trillion package meant to reshape the role of government in

By Colby Etherton Pressure is ramping up for Biden to enact his agenda. Thus far, he’s had little luck when it comes to his party being on the same page

By Colby Etherton In the early stages of a new administration, most presidents tend to enjoy high public approval ratings. Known as a “honeymoon period,†those initial high marks tend

By Colby Etherton It’s been a frustrating time for congressional Democrats, who are becoming increasingly pressured to deliver on a major part of President Joe Biden’s agenda: a sweeping infrastructure