by Dr. Annie Andrews July 22, 2026 One of the challenges Democratic candidates have faced over the past several years is that Republicans constantly attempt to characterize what they want voters to think we believe, and often, they are believed even though untrue. That’s why all Democrats need to be refining and sharpening our own brand in the minds of voters, rather than allow others to define us. Dr. Annie Andrews, MD, is the Democratic candidate for US Senate in South Carolina. The late...

Republicans Are Undermining Public Health by Doug Smith July 18, 2026 Vaccines are one of the greatest advances in public health in all human history. Who knows how many lives have been saved by polio, tetanus, whooping cough, tuberculosis, smallpox, measles, and more recently, covid vaccines? Yet because of a few gullible people and charlatans who peddle unverified and unscientific theories, we are abandoning our next generation to the ravages of once-eradicated diseases. We are supposed...

The Certainty of the Closed Mind by Doug Smith July 15, 2026 I used to be a Christian fundamentalist. (You can also use the word evangelical; they mean pretty much the same thing.) The Baptist church our family attended when I was young answered all the questions a person might ever need to ask. As a child, I assumed “our” answers were the “right” ones, and all others were wrong. As an adult, I continued down that path, until I encountered other Christians who had differing opinions and...