Wednesday, April 9th, 2025

Are Tea Party Conservatives Racists?

FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS, I’ve wrestled with what to write about the latest charges of racism and bigotry being leveled at the Tea Party movement. If you’d like to read more on those allegations, please search online for the alleged racial and homophobic epithets made by a few Tea Party protesters on March 20, […]

“Freedom Dies a Little Bit Today”

HEALTH-CARE BILL SIGNED INTO LAW: President Obama signed historic health-care legislation shortly before noon on Tuesday, March 23, 2010. More than Health Care is at Stake In the final hours of debate on health-care reform legislation on Sunday, March 21, 2010, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn) gave a stirring one-minute pronouncement from the House floor. Below […]

The People Speak — Will Congress Listen?

PROTESTING THE DEMOCRATIC HEALTH-CARE BILL: I had the privilege of traveling to Washington, D.C. on Saturday, March 20, 2010, and photographing the “Kill the Bill” Tea Party rally that was held on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. The purpose of the rally was to entreat members of the House not to pass the Senate’s […]