Joseph Sabino Mistick stories, Page 15
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Stop the ‘socialism’ labels, focus on policy
When Donald Trump accused Democrats of “becoming the party of socialism” at his El Paso rally this month, he left no doubt as to what his campaign message will be in 2020. Trump is anything but coy, and he once again telegraphed his punches. Earlier, in his 2019 State of...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Judge Dillon, guns & Pittsburgh
Let us start with the fact that Pittsburgh City Council’s gun-control legislation is born of heartbreak, frustration and anger over the murder of 11 of our neighbors during morning services at the Tree of Life synagogue in October. Councilman Corey O’Connor’s proposal to regulate guns within Pittsburgh city limits is...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Trump’s State of Kumbaya address
At times during the State of the Union speech, Donald Trump sounded like he wanted everyone to love each other. If you just caught selected snippets, you might have believed that he had turned a new leaf, pushed the restart button and resolved to let bygones be bygones. “We must...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Moe Coleman, the man in the middle
For all his life, Moe Coleman, was the man in the middle. It is not that he was “stuck” in the middle as some people often bemoan. He picked that spot because it was where he could do the most good. Moe died last week at age 86. He had...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Potential 2020 Democrat nominees look like America
Too many political journalists and talking heads compare presidential primary elections to horse races. Predictably, they are now using the old racing expression “And they’re off!” to describe the upcoming campaign season. The truth is that the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, while wide open now, begins with a...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Political fear cuts both ways
When newly elected President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” he was not downplaying the economic crisis that Americans faced. It was 1933, the lowest point in the Great Depression, and he was warning his fellow Americans that “unreasoning, unjustified” fear was...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Free press, elections help debunk ‘official’ lies
In 1950, Wisconsin Sen. Joe McCarthy, was speaking to a Republican Women’s Club in West Virginia when he hit upon a little theatrical device that would make him a national political figure. Waving a piece of paper in the air, McCarthy made a shocking claim about Communists whom he said...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Truth & politics
When Harry S. Truman was president, he displayed a painted glass sign on his desk. On one side were the words “I’m From Missouri.” On the other side, it said “The Buck Stops Here!” A friend of Truman’s spotted the sign when visiting a federal reformatory in Oklahoma, and he...
