Politics

There's something I don't get about the Rush Limbaugh radio show. It may not be what you think, however. More on that in a moment....

I have this fear that if Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann and Sharon Angle ever got together in the same room, it would create a Black...

Despite the Far Right's insistence that government is too intrusive, when it comes to issues they don't like -- women's health, for instance -- government can't get intrusive enough.

Let's be clear: When Republicans announce what cuts are needed because of America's budget deficit - they do not actually care about the budget deficit....

I don't know the truth about what happened in the Arizona shootings. I have no idea what the murderer's politics or motives were. It's much...

A week ago, Congressman Todd Akin (R-MO) chose to bastardize the birth of American history to make a political punching bag out of Thanksgiving.

There is a line in Woody Allen's comedy, Bananas, when the victorious revolutionary dictator gives his first speech after seizing the country. Each new...

A friend was explaining to me the easy thing Republicans in Congress had to do to guarantee they'd win the 2012 elections. "If they simply...

Contrary to Republican analogies, government does not operate like your family. Government is not run like a business. Government protects the greater good of all, with the ever-changing consent of those it serves.

The elections clearly showed a solid move towards Republicans. But anyone unable to take a step back and see that Republicans don't control government is only going to dig a deep hole for themselves.

"Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it," American philosopher George Santayana wrote in his Life of Reason. A simpler way of putting it...

"Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it," American philosopher George Santayana wrote in his Life of Reason. A simpler way of putting it...