Biography Barack Obama will be 47 years old on the next Inauguration Day. Obama’s father was a Kenyan exchange student at the University of Hawaii when he met Obama’s mother, a student from Kansas. When Obama was two years old,… Continue Reading
John McCain and Rudy Giuliani are pretty much tied for second place in the Republican primary for New Hampshire. Which is about the only place in the country that I see McCain’s newest endorsement possibly being a “plus” for him… Continue Reading
Biography Mike Huckabee will be 53 years old on the next Inauguration Day. Born in 1955 to a blue-collar family, Mike Huckabee married his wife when he was 18 years old, graduated magna cum laude in two and a half… Continue Reading
Once again, I have to question Romney’s finely-parsed political stance. Does the sexual orientation of the giant flesh-eating rats really matter?
National Review is the flagship conservative movement magazine, although it is no longer the vanguard of right-wing media. Today, the editors of NR decided to endorse Mitt Romney for President: Our guiding principle has always been to select the most… Continue Reading
Now, apparently, it does matter which brand of religious nonsense a candidate subscribes to. Mike Huckabee can protest all he likes that he isn’t attacking Romney on issues of theology, but when he asks questions like this, that’s exactly what… Continue Reading
These things are getting long; I’m hyperlinking less so I can at least get them done. Biography Hillary Rodham Clinton will be 62 years old on the next Inauguration Day. Raised in a comfortable but not affluent suburban Chicago circumstance,… Continue Reading
Some of you may think that I have a chip on my shoulder about atheists and their participation in American civic life, so I’ve taken offense too easily at Romney’s remarks. However, before you pronounce that judgment, read this. I’m… Continue Reading
Let me get a few things out of the way, for the benefit of the religious advocates who occasionally comment here. First of all, your comments are welcome, whether I agree with you or not. In fact, disagreements keep things… Continue Reading
Good thing I was already skeptical of Romney. I’m also downgrading my rating of him on separation of church and state. I will have much to say about his speech in College Station, Texas later tonight. And no, I won’t… Continue Reading