A lessson to the world in building Democracy
The new President wanted this to be his legacy:Through much of the last century, America's faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea. Now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many...
View Article"Can You Help My Family?"
That's a paraphrase of the title of a post on my Facebook feed last night. Perhaps you've seen similar posts. One of your friends knows someone who has been stricken with cancer, doesn't have...
View ArticleDebt of Platitude
With this week's decent into campaign ugliness, it's tempting to reminisce back to a simpler time....last May....when all the talk was about the debt. The people of Iowa and America have watched...
View ArticleWayne Powell vs. Eric Cantor Debate
Most of you are either watching some hardscrabble baseball team try and eke their way into the playoffs or you are watching the Massachusetts Senate debate. I'm not sure how many of you are watching...
View ArticleThe Benghazi Gotcha
While there is still some debate about whether the attacks on Benghazi were premeditated, it is very clear that Mitt Romney's criticism of the Administration's response to them certainly was. He had...
View ArticleHe's undecided.
I'd like to introduce a friend of mine, who will remain nameless because I'm not sure he'd appreciate his story being emblazoned on this website. Nevertheless, I really think you should meet him.He...
View ArticleGun Day
On February 21, 2012, the Maryland House of Delegates Judiciary Committee held a Gun Day. They hold one every year. It's an opportunity for gun advocates to testify before the Committee about...
View ArticleIf you are responsible for 85 years of poisoning the earth...
you are responsible for cleaning it up. - U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet BhararaOn April 4, 2914, the Department of Justice settled with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation...
View ArticleWhere I set out to translate Phyllis McAlprin Stewart Schlafly
Poor Phyllis. She's so misunderstood. She's simply trying to help poor feminists see the light. Her heart breaks for them, stuck in their poor, loveless lives, without the comfort of strong, male...
View ArticleRemember Robert Garwood?
He was the last POW home from Vietnam. I was in high school at the time and my memory is really foggy on this one, so I took to Google to refresh the memory banks. Garwood is the last American POW to...
View ArticleLines, Coming to a Polling Place Near You. Yes, Even You.
Is it possible for voter suppression efforts to work....too well? This year, many states are holding elections after multiple years of election neglect. What is election neglect? Find out more about...
View ArticleMidterm Post Mortem
Who among us could have predicted record low turnoutfor the 2014 Midterm Elections?Not me. I was in an area of the nation that experienced record high turnouts. But record high turnouts in North...
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