Fire up the grill! Break out the hot dogs and hamburgers! Mix up some potato salad! Roast some corn on the cob! Bake some apple pie and add a little ice cream on top (vanilla for me, please) for dessert! When the sun sets in the west, as it always does, watch the skies for […]

Without the creative genius of our Founding Fathers, we might not be celebrating July 4 this year as the world’s strongest ongoing republic and leading sponsor of fledgling democracies wherever the spark of freedom struggles to take hold against authoritarian rule. Since 2016, the American experiment in democracy has battled Republican Party forces — led […]

Inspiring words proudly displayed on parchment nearly 250 years ago fueled a revolution among the citizenry of the independent-minded 13 British colonies that forged a republic, a democracy that became known and admired for decades as the United States of America. From the Declaration of Independence — published as a broadside by Philadelphia printer John […]

WARM SPRINGS, GA., March 2023 — More than 400,000 Americans died during World War II while helping beat back a worldwide attack against democracy by brutal dictators. Some 2,500 servicemen and women made the ultimate sacrifice for our country — and democracy around the world — on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Why are these historical […]

Stop worrying about a Red Wave of political mad men and women ending the American experiment of government on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022. Join the largest political activist march to polling places across the country during the most critical midterm election cycle in American history. Reach out to family, friends, co-workers with phone calls, […]

Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis, Republican governors of Texas and Florida, respectively, publicly proclaim their affiliation with the Catholic church. They often wrap themselves and their approach to managing state governments around their Christian faith. So, here’s a popular question Christians often pose to people they perceive as being naysayers to the teachings of Jesus […]

It’s time to put the country out of its Donald J. Trump misery. The former and twice-impeached president has dragged this 246-year-old republic through enough abuse — verbal, physical and emotional — in a criminal attempt to deconstruct the American democracy. So, until Trump is indicted, arrested and jailed, this “voice” of The Shinbone Star […]

From Dutton Peabody, editor: Labor Day is the unofficial launch of the fall national election season. With that in mind, we at The Shinbone Star believe it’s our civic duty to provide a “scorecard” of all the major actions and key votes cast — or in the case of most Republicans not cast — by […]

She is considering a presidential campaign in 2024 on the Republican Party ticket and believes in America. He is considered a front-runner for a starring role on the GOP campaign trail in 2024 and believes in himself. She stated publicly — after losing a bid to continue representing Wyoming in Congress — that she wants […]

It’s not the Fat Lady warming up her vocal cords in a Mar-a-Lago ballroom at former President Donald J. Trump’s recently FBI-raided resort in south Florida. It’s not Kid Rock coughing and hacking his way through a rehearsal for a Trump campaign gig outside the current residence of the twice impeached former White House occupant. […]

Apparently as long as mainstream and social media outlets promote their primary campaign triumphs, Republican candidates for elective office will continue to tout the “Big Lie” that former President Donald J. Trump won the 2020 presidential sweepstakes, not current President Joseph Biden. Not only does media coverage of these Trump wannabes provide valuable — and […]

Give President Joseph Biden credit: He’s getting major legislation passed through Congress that will, hopefully, strengthen and improve the quality of life for many Americans. In August alone, Biden has signed the Chips Act and the Inflation Reduction Act into law, much to the chagrin of Republican lawmakers who are intent on trying to block […]

Apparently, Republican ‘Blockheads’ in Congress intend to ignore their mandate to help govern the country for a majority of working-class Americans who are struggling to deal with today’s challenging economic, climate and healthcare issues. Senate Democrats on Sunday pushed through the $430 billion Inflation Reduction Act with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris casting the deciding […]

This is frightening on many levels when you look behind the words: Donald Trump is no George Washington. Nor is he a modern-day Abraham Lincoln. He’s not even close to Ronald Reagan. Barack Obama? Forgetabout it. Unlike almost any other president in American history, Trump is not an American patriot. Remember, a patriot is defined […]

An oft-quoted Republican political commentator declared on live, prime-time television the other night that he couldn’t vote for President Joe Biden if he runs for re-election in 2024 — even if former President Donald J. Trump is the GOP’s standard-bearer — because of how “Biden is destroying our country.” “No way I’d vote for Biden. […]

Pardon my interruption of all the loud praise for Wyoming Republican lawmaker Liz Cheney for her work as vice chair of the U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack. Yes, she and U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) deserve applause and heartfelt thanks from all of us for standing up to former president  Donald […]

A mass murderer guns down innocent Americans in Buffalo, N.Y., and there is much wailing from you all (again) about the need to do something to stop the madness. But nothing that would take away your guns or do away with your 2nd amendment rights. A mass murderer guns down innocent schoolchildren in Uvalde, Tex., […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: With this holiday post by the esteemed Macinelli, we’re giving notice that The Shinbone Star is back in business. We thought our job was done when Diaper Don toddled off to Mar-a-Lago, but recent events have shown just how wrong that assumption was. Though we haven’t been posting publicly, your favorite crew of […]