The Spirited Reasoner

Having marked the opening of the Year of the Rabbit, Spirited Reasoners may be interested to know that, throughout history, the Chinese have seen a rabbit, rather than a man,…

When bodycam video was released yesterday, it showed five members of the Memphis police force beating, pepper spraying, and tasing Tyre Nichols over the course of several minutes. At no…

I saw a scare piece on last night’s television news. The reporter estimated that the national debt has now grown to an amount estimated to equal approximately $200,000 per person….

When classified government documents were found at Mar-a-Lago after an FBI raid last summer, Spirited Reasoners were not surprised. After all, the documents had been subpoenaed, a judge had ordered…

It only took three days and fifteen ballots for Rep. Kevin McCarthy to emerge as the newly elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. He seemed to revel in his…

It’s time for the Spirited Reasoner to dust off his crystal ball and gaze into the future. As he does so, it appears he finds more questions than answers. But…

Even Spirited Reasoners must admit that Donald Trump has taught us all a few lessons. By testing every seam and corner of our political fabric in order to install himself…

Recent polls of Republican voters suggests that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis could beat former president Donald Trump if the primaries were held today. See, A ‘civil war’ looms in the…

This past week, Arizona U. S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema announced that she will no longer call herself a Democrat. Instead, she intends to call herself an “independent.” See, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/us/politics/kyrsten-sinema-arizona-senate-democrats.html Given…

Spirited Reasoners can remember a time when conservative Republicans were all about the strict, even literal, adherence to the U. S. Constitution. So-called Tea Party Republicans expressed outrage at the…