Loyal Opposition
Did many sincere people honestly believe that Saddam Hussein had WMD? Yes. You can't swing a dead cat without hitting someone who was wrong about Iraq. Most of them were sincere, despite being wrong....
View ArticleAbdicating Responsibility, The Press
Listening to NPR on Friday, I heard a voter in York Pennsylvania say this:I look at Obama, and I have a question in my mind," she says. "Years ago, was he taken into the Muslim faith? And my concern is...
View Article"NeoConservative" is not insulting enough
As the Banking crisis unfolds, I have realized that referring the ideological framework which brought about the collapse of financial institutions as "Neo-Conservative" does a gross injustice to the...
View ArticleIt's Time that "Country First" Meant Something
If John McCain had any integrity left, if the Republican Party stood for anything other than winning elections, then the spectacle of McCain being booed by his own supporters for saying that a nominee...
View ArticleWaiting for Joseph Welch
As each wave of fresh horrors has been inflicted by an increasingly strident Republican Party against reason, from Birthers to Deathers, I find myself waiting for Joseph Welch to come to the rescue.
View ArticleTerror Trials & Right Wing Pants-wetting
As I consider plunging needles into my ears to blot out the sound of Ben Stein on CNN bleating over and over about how terrible it is that Terrorist Suspects will have rights (gasp!) when put on trial,...
View ArticleWhat the Democrats Taught Me
What I learned last year:Give the Democrats a mandate to govern, the Presidency, a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, and a large majority in the House and they will: Generously bail-out banks,...
View ArticleIf the unthinkable happens
For all the gnashing of teeth, President Bush managed to destroy the country and the entire World's economy with fewer than 59 Senators.And it's not like the Democrats have managed to get anything...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to President Obama
President Obama -Tomorrow, my ballot goes into the mail. You had my support in 2008 and you're getting it again, completely, in 2010.Frankly, I wish I had an alternative. Some way to signal my...
View ArticlePaul Ryan Endorsed Donald Trump: Why would anyone think anything else would...
For those expressing surprise at the Republican establishment’s embrace of Donald Trump, let’s look at the recent history of the Republican Party.Starting with the moment the Tea Party emerged from the...
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