3 posts published by Scott J Lawson during June 2024| Brass Tacks Politics
Scott J. Lawson April 27, 2025 Our free and open society is built on flourishing conversations – From the dinner table to the barber shop, from the debate stage to the legislative chambers, we talk. From cultural issues to policy proposals, from hobbies to warfare, we talk. The layman, the learner, the specialist, the pundit, […]| Brass Tacks Politics
March 9, 2025 Scott J. Lawson Dear editors of The Atlantic; please change your motto or stop being fake hypocrites. “Journalism of no party of clique,” The Atlantic has long claimed, “Exploring the American idea since 1857.” Sure, a publication called The Atlantic has been around since 1857, but those putting together the content of […]| Brass Tacks Politics
Scott J. Lawson August 3, 2024 Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif is at the center of a controversy following a highly publicized match in the 2024 Olympics. The bout resulted in Khelif winning over Italian Angela Carini as Carini withdrew after just 46 seconds. Carini received several strong punches from Khelif, who dominated quickly in the […]| Brass Tacks Politics
Scott J. Lawson July 26, 2024 Can’t stand the Democrat or the Republican nominees for a certain political office? Really like another candidate on the ballot? Just looking to promote a change to the status quo or conduct a “protest vote”? Well voting third-party might just be for you. Or is it? Many voters in […]| Brass Tacks Politics
Scott J. Lawson July 24, 2024 “Let’s Go Brandon!” “Let’s Go Brandon!” “Let’s Go Brandon!” If ever there was a perfect political slogan for mocking the Democrat establishment, it is “Let’s Go Brandon.” For the last couple of years Joe Biden has been getting heckled with the phrase. Pro-Trump crowds love to chant it at […]| Brass Tacks Politics
Scott J. Lawson July 19, 2024 If not Joe Biden, who else but Kamala Harris? The scenario of Biden willingly ending his bid to be the Democrat Party nominee for POTUS is looking more likely by the day. Given Biden’s obvious physical and mental decline he certainly should, but his stubborn nature makes it difficult […]| Brass Tacks Politics
Scott J. Lawson July 17, 2024 Should social media companies, or anyone else for that matter, be able to play the role of the arbiter of truth in the public square and censor entire viewpoints on controversial topics, ban unconventional speakers, and deem anything “false” based on their subjective definition of truth? Does the banning […]| Brass Tacks Politics
Scott J. Lawson June 28, 2024 How can it be that Joe Biden, a man running for President of the United States, during a nationally televised debate, peddled the same seven-year-old blatant misinformation and character assassination that has been fact-checked countless times and proven out of context to the point of being deliberately dishonest? During […]| Brass Tacks Politics
Scott J. Lawson June 20, 2024 Louisiana is now the first state to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom from kindergarten to public state-funded universities. A bill recently signed by Governor Jeff Landry requires a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in “large, easily readable font” along with other […]| Brass Tacks Politics
Scott J. Lawson June 19, 2024 Before the Progressive Era in the early twentieth century, the President of the United States was thought of more as an administrator tasked with faithfully executing …| Brass Tacks Politics
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It has been a long time coming. The first of around 4,000 beagles saved in Virginia from Engivo, a breeding facility that has been hit with several animal welfare violations, will start being trans…| Brass Tacks Politics