Once again, Republicans have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Faced with rising populist support of their principled stand against a law that a majority of the country does not like, the GOP has chosen this moment to sue for terms in the ...
If you don"t stop something in the House of Representatives, it never is stopped. Period. Not sometimes, not oftentimes, not occasionally; but never. This applies to all legislation of all types from all constituencies. When Obamacare passed ...
On September 20, 2013, President Obama flew the black flag above his White House to honor prisoners of war and soldiers still missing in action. If you were unaware of this, it is not surprising. The proclamation was quietly released to the media ...
Whenever a colleague asks for voting advice, I have one stock answer"vote for whoever doesn’t have commercials with children. Whichever candidate trots out the tykes is the one lacking in ideas, so avoid him. Lamentably, “The ...
This weekend’s G20 summit in Russia comes on the heels of controversy regarding the nation’s treatment of homosexuals. I can no more genuinely fathom being a homosexual than I can fully comprehend being a butterfly. Yet ...
Eighteen states have no “hate crimes” legislation. (In diversity parlance, these states are “Hate Crimes Non-Inclusive.”) Another two dodge the bullet by allowing mere data collection. This leaves more than half our country ...
Regarding Egypt’s current turmoil, international neophytes of every stripe claim to know precisely what is happening in a nation they scarcely know outside of colorful pictures. Here are some of the common arguments: In one week nearly ...
I hate billionaires. I loathe, disdain, and want to throw them in a wood chipper; take your pick, I can"t stand to be in a room with them. Millionaires are a different story. Their wealth is either inherited and has been (properly) ...
Few Westerners could locate Jordan on a map. If they think about it at all, it likely concerns Queen Noor, the glamorous wife of former King Hussein. So why should anyone bother knowing anything about Jordan? First and foremost, Jordan has almost ...
Trayvon. Bernanke. The Colonel. America is buffeted by blustery winds of change these days, yet who among us would have thought even they could disquiet the solemnity of the buffet table? Recently it was announced that the venerable gentleman in ...
If caught reading the wrong book in the Soviet Union you weren’t interrogated, you were imprisoned. On many occasions people were simply murdered. Of course, there was usually a “trial” first. Comparing communist Russia and ...
Roughly one year ago Mohamed Morsi won Egypt's presidential election. At the time there was jubilation and optimism. Finally, the head of state would represent the people. It took twelve months to appreciate the caliber of the people chosen to ...
