Three Candidates and a Scandal Make an Interesting Campaign
Political campaigns are inherently negative. That's because negative campaigns tend to win. Voters really don't like candidates who run negative campaigns. If that seems to...
Joni Ernst and Smoke of Mass Destruction
That Generals are always fighting the last war has become a cliche. It became conventional wisdom after World War I, the War to End All...
How Well Is Our President Doing?
Conservative commentator T. Paine recently responded to a piece I wrote on the apparent level of integrity displayed by Mitt Romney in a recent interview. I...
Mitt Romney-Still Struggling with the Truth
More recently, that 47% briefly came back into the news as Mitt Romney gave a series of interviews explaining that the economy would be soaring, ISIS would vanish, and America would be in a more healthy condition in countless ways if voters had chosen him instead of President Obama. Within one of those interviews, Mitt Romney explained the lesson he had learned from that embarrassing moment of 47% truth.
Praying for the Secret Service to Protect the President
If I had reacted just a little bit quicker. I could have, I guess. And I'll live with that to my grave. - Clinton J....
Women Fighter Pilots A Funny Idea?
All the burning debris, and the burning flesh, and the ashes falling down. And nobody knew. There was no information for those individuals as they...
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal’s Huge Unemployment Conspiracy
After O.J. Simpson murdered his ex-wife, then killed a witness who happened upon the scene at the wrong time, a theory of innocence developed. He...
When Humans Are Viewed As Less than Human
It was a good move, and it was the right thing to do. Dick Armey took the floor of the House of Representatives and apologized...
What Is Wrong With Kansas Republicans
The insurgent defection of Kansas Republicans from Republican candidates might be dismissed as one more cherry picking exercise that has become the recurring pattern in modern politics. When candidate Reagan campaigned to become President Reagan he was supported by Democrats for Reagan. There were Republicans for Obama.
Reserving the Right to Vote for the Right People
It is needed to prevent voter fraud. That's how piling on additional identification requirements on top of existing IDs has been justified. In fact, voter...
Slavery: Balanced Views
I'm coming to believe that Thaddeus Stevens was right. I had always been taught to regard him as a man of vicious bias. But, when...
Taking the House Out of Politics
Political issues ought to be the heart and soul of how we elect those who represent us. I like it best when policy is the...
Christianity-Fearful Faith
The friendly radio evangelist had been brought to visit by the local pastor. I liked him, for all his unusual beliefs. Creationism was his big...
The Ferguson Shooting and Police Cameras
It has been a couple of decades since medical complications took my father from us. A friend who had lost his own father once asked...