By a vote of 68-31, the United States Supreme Court is back up to its full roster of nine Justices. Sonia Sotomayor has attained the pinnacle of the American legal profession, and all of the Republican hand-wringing about her didn’t… Continue Reading
Let’s say that deficit spending is like speeding while driving. You shouldn’t be doing it at all, but sometimes maybe you just can’t help yourself. George W. Bush was a leadfoot. So was Ronald Reagan and George Bush the Elder… Continue Reading
Bearing in mind the biases of its author, this Juan Cole essay is nevertheless interesting in its analysis of populist politics. The point is that there are substantial similarities between the political tactics, strategy, appeal, and goals of Sarah Palin… Continue Reading
First of all, the Henry Louis Gates arrest is not, and never was, an incident of national significance. It says nothing of importance about the state of race relations in the country that someone apparently breaking into a house in… Continue Reading
This is an opium poppy in bloom, almost ready for harvest. Opium poppies were originally indigenous to Asia Minor and Thessaly, and were allegedly introduced to Afghanistan by Alexander the Great during his conquests there. This photograph was taken from… Continue Reading
If moveon.org were serious about trying to advance clean air legislation, and if it were serious about keeping Democratic dominance over the Republican party, it would not be running this ad. What, is Sarah Palin going to change her mind… Continue Reading
Today, we have a good example of why conservatives were foolish and short-sighted to reflexively support everything the Bush Administration ever did. It was, at minimum, bad politics for Dick Cheney to meet with energy industry officials, and it made… Continue Reading
I had Republican friends who worried that after the 2008 elections, the Democrats would embed themselves to become a permanent majority. I was calm, however; confident in my belief that it would not be long before the Democrats overreached and… Continue Reading
A campaign of revisionists is attempting to persuade residents of Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida that there is no such thing as separation of church and state, paid for by self-styled “activist” Terry Kemple. By the way, of course there… Continue Reading
Found on WillCollier.com.: Yes, my liberal Readers, that is really what we right-of-center folks think of unions. It’s pretty much because of the UAW and the Teamsters as opposed to other unions. I understand that the commercial relies on caricature… Continue Reading