Donald Trump and the Mandatory Registration of American Muslims
It is a wonderful story that has lasted for generations. [caption id="attachment_140275" align="aligncenter" width="500"] King Christian X. and Queen Alexandrine of Denmark[/caption] During the Nazi...
Terrorism: Empathy and the Religion of Bigotry
The isolation every human experiences at times, the distance from other humans, is bridged by commonalities, large and small. But when distances are so great that every bridge becomes suspect, how do we find and trust any common experience?
The Presidential Election and the Impossible Politics of Scandal
The Hillary email scandal never seemed to me to make a lot of sense as a scandal. The scandal was that she sent and received...
Say What? Alaska Governor Wants to Drill, Drill, Drill To Pay For Climate Change Damage
You've gotta love it, and everyone does, when an opponent says something phenomenally foolish. Sometimes the enjoyment overlaps into fiction. Dan Quayle never said that...
Booker T. Obama Is the Example Conservatives Profess to Crave
At the beginning of the last century, on October 16, 1901, the country found itself in an uproar. President Theodore Roosevelt had invited an African American to...
Republicans Afraid to Debate Widespread Voter Fraud
We hear about the legacy of slavery and we think of modern remnants of a nearly ancient wrong. Slavery ended a century and a half...
Benghazi and 9/11: Conservative Paradox is ‘Ugly by a Frog’
Published with permission from FairandUNbalanced: It has been a season of conservative paradox. The old expression is about being called "ugly by a frog." I...
Joe Biden’s Grief and Paul Ryan’s Soliloquy
Published with permission of FairandUNbalanced.com To be, or not to be: that is the question. - Here is a recitation by the unknown actor going...
How John Boehner Tripped and Fell
The end of John Boehner’s speakership has provoked competing stories. He was a failure because he did not, or could not, resist the destructive impulses of the hard core right wing of his congressional caucus. He was a success because he reined in the most extremist elements, diverting them from even more self-destructive urges.
Conservatives and the Blood Soaked Logic of Religious and Ethnic Division
Even as a youngster, I read many theories about the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert Kennedy. Some did indeed speculate about right wing, communist, organized crime, government, and other groups. I do not recall any false confessions or other planted evidence designed to implicate conservatives, or any rumors of such planted evidence.
Mike Huckabee Meet Abe Lincoln
The following was published with permission from Fair and UNbalanced.com: by Burr Deming How shall we regard the law? Well, you obey it if it’s...
Kim Davis and the Mahatma
Conservative indignation these days is less about principle than anger. One sadness of this episode is that Ms. Davis will be forgotten. She and her soon-to-be lonely stand will go the way of all fits.
Marvin Mandel: A Political Hero-May He Rest in Peace
Published with permission of FairandUNbalanced.com: He has been a hero of mine since I volunteered for his campaign 45 years ago. I was saddened when...
Donald Trump’s 12 Angry Men
Pundits, politicians, and fellow candidates are bemused by the ability of Mr. Trump to float effortlessly above the polls as he violates one conservative shibboleth after another. Reducing taxes, slashing spending, shrinking government until it can be drowned in a bathtub, all are mere side issues.