Ron Hart: What a blue wave, or red undertow, would mean
We have about a week to go. It's likely the Democrats are favorites to take charge of the planet's most exclusive, taxpayer-funded nursing home, the U.S. Senate.
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Ron Hart: Midterms: Democracy will be saved (until next cycle)
With the 2026 midterm elections now days away, the American political class has once again discovered that the fate of the republic hinges on a series of congressional races in districts most voters couldn't locate on a map if their Uber rating depended on it.
Ron Hart: Democracy and the death penalty: One man, one volt
When asked about the death penalty, some are surprised to hear me say I am against the electric chair.
Ron Hart: Trump, the greatest ego in the history of egos, maybe ever
It is a little-known (except to everyone) fact that Donald J. Trump does not merely possess an ego. He is in a long-term, exclusive and extremely public relationship with it. It's the most enduring relationship in his life.
Ron Hart: A gentleman’s guide to Asian massage parlors
In my pastoral hometown of Columbia, Tennessee, exists the newly gerrymandered Tennessee 5th Congressional District.
Ron Hart: College football: 21st century’s version of ‘Pride and Prejudice’
It's that time of year: football season, when we can put aside our political divisions and just start hating each other for the college football team we support.
Ron Hart: WNBA is giving prison basketball a bad name
Capitalizing on the WNBA's inability (or unwillingness) to define what the "W" means in its name, several ex-NBA players have declared for the WNBA draft.
Ron Hart: America’s new favorite monster is a windowless warehouse
A year ago, data centers were "the next big thing." Experts predicted that artificial intelligence would surpass human intelligence by 2029 — maybe even sooner if Democratic Socialists of America members kept lowering the bar.
Ron Hart: The Democrats awkwardly try to fix their ‘men’ problem
For years, the Democratic Party treated men like a museum treats a taxidermied woolly mammoth: historically important, dirty and best observed from behind a velvet rope.
Ron Hart: The Great American political circus, now with extra clowns
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Greatest Show on Earth: The United States of America, where the political process has evolved from a system of checks and balances into a high-stakes reality show that determines which party controls our nuclear weapons.
