Today is the National Day of Reason. This is getting almost no publicity. Rationalism, logic, and secularism do not sell. It is also the National Day of Prayer. This gets a Presidential Proclamation. But unlike the previous Administration, that’s all… Continue Reading
Andrew Sullivan’s conservative credentials are suspect these days. On the other hand, the very fact that his credentials are suspect is a symptom of something wrong with the right side of the political spectrum. Still here’s what he has to… Continue Reading
In 1988, I supported Jack Kemp’s bid for President. I was moved by his energy and passion and charisma, by the powerful way he argued for individual empowerment, limiting government, privatization, and the powerful force of individual freedoms. Even then… Continue Reading
Jon Huntsman is a possible candidate for President in 2012? I’d not really thought about it, but I have to admit that he’s stepping up to say something in a real leadership capacity today. (People have to start getting his… Continue Reading
Upon hearing this afternoon of Senator Arlen Specter’s decision to switch parties and run for re-election as a Democrat, my very first reaction was, “Well, who can blame him?” The Republican Party has little to offer Specter. The party offered… Continue Reading
In today’s Washington post, former Congressman (1989-2004) and Former CIA Director (2004-2006) Porter Goss baldly accuses Congressional leaders of both parties of having been well aware that “enhanced” interrogation techniques were being used on “high-value” al-Qaeda prisoners. He accuses them… Continue Reading
Jane Harman is a Democrat who represents in Congress the South Bay region of Los Angeles — a strip of land running from Marina del Rey down the coastline to San Pedro, including my old stomping grounds in Manhattan Beach.… Continue Reading
Did the White House ask Georgetown University to hang a drape over religious symbols when President Obama spoke there recently? Sources differ on that issue — yes it did; no, it didn’t; someone thought it was better to cover it… Continue Reading
I’ll say one thing about all these tea parties — they’re bringing out the worst in a lot of pepole all over the political spectrum. I found this clip, which by now is all over the political blososphere, fascinating and… Continue Reading