Recent Madison Cawthorn Commentaries

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Then There’s Kevin McCarthy
Last night’s news is prologue to what’s likely to come from Republicans. Based on a leaked document, Politico reports that the US Supreme Court is likely to strike down Roe v. Wade, a ruling that has been “settled law,” as Justice Brett Kavanaugh told Maine Senator Susan Collins, for 50 years. If this is indeed true, Republicans “march to the...
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May 3, 2022
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Then There’s Madison Cawthorn
On one side, we have Liz Cheney, a thoughtful conservative who believes and practices the values of honesty, respect and accountability. Then there’s Madison Cawthorn, the 17-year-old, excuse me, 26-year-old who acts like he’s 17. Cawthorn, who, along with his far-right of far-right Republican colleagues—Lauren Boebert (R-CO), a devout QAnon believer, and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who embraces the white...
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April 15, 2022
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Looking for America’s Soul
“At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us;...
Here We Are Again
CONTEMPT—Raw, in-your-face, unapologetic, and morally bankrupt. Every so often, the country reaches a point where character is not an abstraction but a requirement. We’re in...
The Steady Endurance of Leadership
I recently read about a group of explorers who located a ship deep beneath the dark, cold waters off Antarctica: a vessel whose very name...
Under the Wild Sky, We Gather
Wisconsin’s night sky opened to a rare sight, one usually reserved for places far colder and farther north—the Northern Lights. The colors pulled against each...
London, 1943.
In a war that hammered away and left families lying awake at night counting the seconds between sirens, John Gilbert Winant, America’s ambassador to Britain,...
Faith in The Goodness of Ordinary People, Even in The Darkest Hours
During his years in wartime London, U.S. Ambassador John Gilbert Winant absorbed the suffering around him. He was known for walking the streets during the...