Alex Holmes Sr. has been at rest in that cemetery for 15 years. But recent election records show he...
Almost everyone accepts the idea of "Judicial Review" -- that is, that the courts may some play some role in...
There must be something odd going on at the Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization of Women. Years ago,...
My girl, who was raised to be politically liberal, has defected, and become somewhat of a "Republican activist." Having accompanied...
7:50 MDT - I have absolutely no illusion anyone (neither of you) will be reading this as I write it,...
It is the largest pool of unidentified money that has ever flooded into the U.S. election system, before or...
In "My Political Coke vs Pepsi Taste Test", I mentioned that I'd recently stumbled into a conversation (between friends with...
As both of my regular readers are aware, many of my friends and associates have a decidedly liberal bent. You're...
May I be blunt? Sam Harris is an obtuse buffoon who, worse still, is convinced otherwise. Pardon me for a...
Am I really writing about this? Gee, just what you need: another stupid right-wing blog talking about the same thing...
When I want real wisdom about the world, I turn to Hollywood. Actors are renowned their wisdom and political understanding....
Wasn't it a truism that a woman had a right to privacy, especially on reproductive matters? This strain of argument...
John Murtaugh: During the April 16 debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, moderator George Stephanopoulos brought up “a gentleman...
In the last several weeks, I've been privy to several conversations where someone expressed the opinion that Obama would...
Oh, this is just too funny: "Nightline" co-anchor Cynthia McFadden interviewed Pastor Rick Warren on Monday about the presidential forum...
Caught just a few moments of Obama, speaking at Saddleback. I came in partway though his talk, but on the...
There's an amusing debate (more, and even in Time magazine) going on as to whether John McCain is making conservatives...
There have been a lot of reactions to the video of Michael Plfeger mocking Hillary Clinton as a racist. Some...
I've been following the flap about Obama's claim that his uncle spent six months in an attic after liberating Auschwitz....
I'm not much on disliking people: I think it's important to be fair in criticizing, and use the same rules...
Interesting attempt by Jonathan Rauch in The Atlantic to position McCain as a die-hard conservative. What of his apparent hatred...
Really, there's nothing more to say than that....
"I do not in any way disagree with James Cone. Jim is a personal friend of mine." - Jeremiah Wright...
ABC News: As you'd imagine, the debate is the talk of the town here today, and not all of it...
... or so now say the people who foisted that couple on us throughout the 1990s. The Clintons are unethical?...
Evil has two hands. With one hand, it rapes, tortures, and murders innocent men, women, and children. With the other...
Hillary Clinton originated the term "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" to explain the origins of the belief that her husband had...
Do you consider yourself politically conservative? Do you believe that policies can make the difference between lives being lost or...
Arnold ran as a Republican. California has a Democratic Senate. He proposed a "universal" healthcare insurance package which was apparently...
Digging underneath the media accounts is always sooo interesting. Just moments ago, I commented on Ted Kennedy's endorsement of Obama...
A Little History Not long after the term "BHDS" (Bush Hatred Derangement Syndrome) came into vogue on the right, the...
No doubt. Just what we need: a commander in chief who takes politics personally. I know nothing of the woman...
Hey, I thought her main qualification was supposedly her "experience": In the abstract, Hillary is a captivating idea. The first...
I'd forgotten about this: Take Gov. Mike Huckabee of the Razorback State. When tax-lovers bashed him for refusing to jack...
From a summary of the AFL-CIO debate, underline added: Rep. Dennis Kucinich said his administration would be known as the...