Painting Islam with the Broad Brush of Terrorism
The reaction to the torture by burning and death of a captured pilot came as soon as the video was released. Angry crowds chanted in...
Clint Eastwood and How John Quincy Adams Won the Super Bowl
Clint Eastwood is a long time Republican. He ran for, and won, office as a Republican, serving as the Mayor of Carmel, California, for a couple of years. The election was non-partisan, not showing party affiliation, but he made clear during and after the election just where he stood.
The Latest Unbelievable Republican Economic Theory
Mississippi has chronic unemployment. For something like forever, unemployment in Mississippi was the worst in the nation. In 2010 it went up past 10 percent....
Today’s Challenge: What Is The Grand Ole Party’s Latest View on Civil Rights?
I'm not talking about Bill Conner or Orval Faubus. It does not seem plausible to many that white supremacy, as a respectable point of view,...
Why Right Wing Resentment Toward America Has Gone Mainstream
Congressional Republicans have changed their strategy on immigration from lawsuits to a more direct legislative confrontation. The image that comes to mind is one involving...
Who Is the New Mitt Romney?
It's the pre-start of the pre-Presidential election of 2016. We begin our quadrennial speculation of what new Mitt Romney incarnation will appear in our living...
Slavery: How It Has Returned to Mainstream Debate
Transcript: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We’re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our...
Why Is America’s Hatred of Muslims Not Shared by the French
I did not much care for President George W. Bush. I was not at all bashful about opposing his policies. But I confessed early on...
How Did a 40-Year Old Napkin Cost Kansas Its Economy?
As interviews go, this would have been an embarrassment to any other network. Governor Sam Brownback of Kansas was questioned by Fox News on the...
What Is the GOP and Bush Gang’s Biggest, Fattest Lie?
In 1842, when Lansford Hastings wrote about a better trail to the west, travelers got excited. He hadn't actually gone along the trail himself. That...
Cruisers in the Left Lane: Police, Resentment, and Death
Traffic on the way to the family dinner was holiday horrible. Family reunions bring family discussions. This year, a large part of those discussions focused...
Rudy Giuliani Blames Obama For Cop Hate
We've had four months of propaganda, starting with the President, that everybody should hate the police. - Rudy Giuliani, interviewed on Fox News, December 21, 2014 To...
Antonin Scalia, Interrogation, and the Ticking Clock
The movie was from the early 1960s. I had not seen it in years. Circle of Deception is a spy-as-decoy film set in World War...
Torture: Abandoning Our Values To Protect Ourselves
For well over 200 years, a strong reaction against torture was ingrained in our culture. The infliction of unbearable physical pain to obtain information was...