
How Necessary Laws Are Killed These Days
Lawmakers generally only fight to protect the things they care about – and all too often, that just doesn’t include the lives of most of their constituents.
Lawmakers generally only fight to protect the things they care about – and all too often, that just doesn’t include the lives of most of their constituents.
The U.S. Constitution clearly states that the president can suffer the full range of legal punishments if he breaks certain laws.
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 14th, 2025 We haven’t seen a disaster like the crash over the Potomac in almost 25 years, and federal data on U.S. aviation crashes reveal…
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 13th, 2020 It was “ the deadliest U.S. aviation accident in nearly 25 years,” according to the Associated Press. But Donald Trump knows only one…
By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 25th, 2025 It’s become quite difficult to find the actual, short and concise manifesto Luigi Mangione wrote about his motives for the apparent shooting and…
By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 20th, 2025 The Washington Post invented a crisp little quip about Donald Trump during his initial run for the U.S presidency in 2016. They noted…
By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 8th, 2025 “This election will decide whether we save the American Dream or whether we allow a socialist agenda to demolish our cherished destiny.”Donald Trump,…
Trump has never understood that when you play with fire, you’re sure to get burned. By Cliff Montgomery – Dec. 11th, 2024 Elon Musk was confused. When a few individuals…
Most U.S. citizens know that their country has created a federal minimum wage — and that it is woefully inadequate for basic human needs. But few have heard that employers…
Imagine being the owner of a fancy restaurant. One day a small group of people come in to your establishment. They demand much more food than the other customers, and…
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has hinted that the incoming Republican majority will investigate the Jan. 6th Committee Investigation.“The American people have a right to know that the allegations you…
“A series of decisions by the Biden Administration” was a “salient factor contributing to the [U.S. House January 6th] Committee’s robust and timely access to relevant evidence” regarding the failed…
Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. (PSSI) is a major U.S. food safety sanitation company. And it may be in some very hot water right now.On Nov. 9th, the Labor Department filed…
It’s been a while since the American Spark has produced its usual, up-to-the minute articles. And it’s true — we have been kept from publishing such articles for a while…
Why the hell are prices so high?Let’s face it, this is the reason so many U.S. voters are checking out Republican candidates these days. If the conservative party does well…
On Jan. 6th, Trump supporters tried and failed to perpetrate a coup for their ‘great leader’, who has proven himself incapable of winning a popular vote in this country by…
Twice-impeached former president Donald Trump and his minions tend to follow the basic four-step rhetorical process already set for them by the neo-conservative (called neo-liberal in the rest of the…
By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 13th, 2021The march had been planned for a while. Those who made up the march to the nation’s capital sometimes were fueled by hatred of…
By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 28th, 2020“Millions of American adults who earn low wages rely on federal programs to meet basic needs, such as Medicaid for health care and the…
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 19th, 2020There is now a strong push from U.S. President Donald Trump and his political minions to quickly appoint Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme…
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 30th, 2020There currently is a lot of protest over the unnecessary use of force that police officers use on U.S. citizens, with a special emphasis…
By Cliff Montgomery – July 31st, 2020“In recent years, homes in northeastern Connecticut and central Massachusetts built in 1983–2015 have begun to exhibit . . . damage” thanks to “concrete…
By Cliff Montgomery – July 25th, 2020The excessive – and occasionally deadly – use of force by America’s law enforcement has been a major social issue this summer. The recent…
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 29th, 2020President Trump often feels the need to declare to no one in particular that he is a “very stable genius.” Such unwarranted outbursts typically…