“Talking Smart and Telling Lies.”

Mike Magee On the back end of Thanksgiving celebrations with family, and in a reflective mood, I came across a United Methodist Insight publication from a year ago with the title “Remembering Big Lies Told at Church Pancake Suppers.” It was written by John Sumwalt, a retired United Methodist Pastor from Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. In […]

Opposing “Obamacare” Is Political Suicide For Downstream Republicans.

Mike Magee Despite Trump’s recent renewed pledge to once again take on Obamacare, most Republican leaders understand that opposing the increasingly popular program is political suicide. Experts have repeatedly advised the opposite, as we move slowly and incrementally toward “universalism in conjunction with simple source funding,” A brief summary of the past history helps refresh […]

We must be “Declaration of Independence Walking.”

Mike Magee In the shadow of last week’s Presidential Impeachment hearings, I have been searching for a silver lining. I tell myself it is helpful our Democracy is being stress tested and our Constitutional weaknesses revealed so that we might take corrective actions in the future. I recognize that this is not Trump’s fault alone […]