Apr 19, 2021 | The Mesa Paper
The filibuster remains unchanged from last month, as it has for a couple hundred years, so the Senate didn’t act to eliminate it. The expressed original intent of the legislative filibuster was to allow a sizeable minority to have a voice when only a slim majority...
Mar 20, 2021 | The Mesa Paper
The mere mention of the word, filibuster, causes tingles to run down the spine of every American senator. Senators in the minority party love it for its literal showstopping authority. Those in the majority quake at the thought of even a single member aborting the...
Feb 16, 2021 | The Mesa Paper
Recent history has offered some perspective on how important things are, or should be. The ex-President became “ex,” but refused to concede and his followers sacked the Capitol in a deadly insurrection. For many readers, politics is certainly a lesser thing in life....
Feb 16, 2021 | The Mesa Paper
Now that the deposed and twice-impeached former president has gone into seclusion in that other “sunshine state,” Let the hypocrisy begin! I’m looking at you, republican members of Congress, particularly the shameful Californian Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader. Last...
Jan 4, 2021 | The Mesa Paper
Congratulations to readers who recognize the title borrowed from the 1939 movie, “The Wizard of Oz” (not the 1900 book). Extra credit if you noticed the divergence from what Dorothy really said: “WE’RE not in Kansas anymore.” Originally the allusion to Kansas was a...
