The Spirited Reasoner

Spirited Reasoners have learned a great deal over the last six years. Perhaps too much. For example, we have learned that the true political battle in the United States no…

As we approach this year’s midterm elections, absolutely nothing is clear. Could the Democrats hold both houses of Congress? Yes. Could the Republicans regain control of one or both houses…

As partisanship has taken over our national political discourse, it’s easy to wonder whether a moderate has any chance at victory anymore. The problem, it seems, is that the Democratic…

The front page of today’s New York Times reads as follows: “U.S. Feared Trump Files Put Spies At Risk.”  See, https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/1563532783947247623/photo/1 That headline heightens the topic of conversation among Spirited…

This past week, Spirited Reasoners learned about a search by the FBI of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. As has been the case with so many aspects of the…

Most Spirited Reasoners have heard of the Sermon on the Mount, which includes a series of sayings known as The Beatitudes. Each Beatitude begins with the phrase “Blessed are [a…

Spirited Reasoners know that the person who occupies the position of Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives is third in line to the Presidency. That fact made Speaker…

Yesterday, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer announced that he had reached an agreement with Senator Joe Manchin on a downscaled version of President Biden’s “Build-Back-Better” initiative. The new measure, referred…

There was a time when members of Congress were sometimes accused of sponsoring “Mom and apple pie legislation.” Examples were bills in the form of resolutions honoring veterans and other…

There was a time when it was fairly easy to distinguish a Democrat from a Republican. Democrats believed in the goodness of government (after all, a democratically elected, representative government…