Burr is a husband, father, and computer programmer, who writes and records from St. Louis. On Sundays, he sings in a praise band at the local Methodist Church. On Saturdays, weather permitting, he mows the lawn under the supervision of his wife. He can be found at FairAndUNbalanced.com
Warren was Silenced Yet McConnell Persists
Last year, Elizabeth Warren challenged the documented history of a nominee and was silenced under an arcane rule. McConnell then violated the rule.…
Brett Kavanaugh Has Proven That He Is Too Damn Dumb For the Job
Anger and fury seem counterproductive when you are denying that you are a mean drunk, yet Brett Kavanaugh was angry and furious on Thursday.…
Kavanaugh, a Sober President, and Republican Clean Hands
Maybe it has something to do with age. I like applying lessons from long ago to what I see around me.…
Clarity, Donald Trump, and ‘Three Days of the Condor’
by Burr Deming The incident still seems emblematic. We watched televised replays of our President as the rest of the world saw him in Brussels on May 25, 2017. The Prime Minister…
Honest Evil—Just Prosecute My Enemies
Governor Marvin Mandel stood up against the bully-boy tactics of Spiro Agnew. I came to regard him as a hero for standing up to the medical establishment.…
Hoover, Pecker, and Trump—the Wheel Turns, the Game is the Same
Trump and his lawyer thought they could buy all the dirt their friend had on him. But J. Edgar Hoover had taught later generations how to play the game.…
National Security and the Head of a Racehorse
Remember Valerie Plame? She wasn’t just a CIA officer, she was routinely put into a degree of danger shared only by a small percentage of spies. Until she was betrayed by…
When It’s All About My President’s Bully Pulpit
The patterns for Donald Trump are not hard to find. The difficulty for political types is not my President’s complexity, but rather his simplicity.…
Let’s Kill Democracy to Save It
The elderly African-American woman, Dorothy Cooper, had been told she needed a photo ID to vote. She had a photo ID issued by the city.…
My Conservative Friend is Taken In by Lies About San Francisco
by Burr Deming Sean Hannity has shocking news. We’ve got to turn to a very shocking story. It should make your blood boil. The story concerns voting rights in San Francisco.…
The Real Story Behind My Pinko Commie Patriotism
Joe McCarthy had come and gone by the time I had grown. Younger folks might not even remember reading about those times. I remember.…
How to Stomp All Over Conservative Academic Freedom
Over time, her vision had become her dream. The elderly woman wanted to open an outdoor craft show with participating artisans from around the country.…
Donald Trump: ‘Can We Call That Treason?’
If you wage war against the United States or help those who do, you can be charged with treason. To be convicted, two witnesses have to testify or you have…
Trump Tax Cuts and the Napkin
It seems that, during the Middle Ages, the age of plagues, illness, and death, life expectancy got very short. In fact, very few people lived past 35. …
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