If immigration reform passes, in the 1,000 page bill now before
Congres, get ready for a one-party state. Red states will turn
purple, purple states will turn blue, and federal politics will
resemble the single-hued state politics of California. Oh, there...
The Ranking Democrat of the House Oversight and Government
Reform Committee tried to disrupt the committee’s investigation of
the IRS scandal last night by releasing the full transcript of a
single investigative interview onto the Internet, accordin...
I am a baseball fan who enjoys a well pitched game, especially
shutouts. But I rarely see them because managers won’t let their
starters go nine innings.
Case in point.
Felix Doubront pitched an absolutely beautiful game for the Red
Sox tonight aga...
I realize that with the amount of blood and treasure expended by
this country in Afghanistan for more than a decade that the
resumption of peace talks with the Taliban is viewed
as good news.
The Taliban has pledged to not to use Afghanistan as a base to...
The Louisiana governor’s latest op-ed gives the Republican Party
a much-needed
shot in the arm:
At present it looks as if the entire Republican party needs to
go to counseling. It’s really getting embarrassing, all these
public professions of fe...
It seems like all of those llama slideshows might be coming back
to bite BuzzFeed.
The website, which is known for aggregating images from other
sources, is being sued by a professional photographer whose photo
was used in a typical BuzzFeed post called &...
Lori Brasnahan was trying to save her daughter’s life when she
was stabbed to death in March, prosecutors say. Branashan and her
daughter were abducted from the parking lot of Great Northern Mall
near Syracuse by a man who brutally raped the 10...
Over the past few days, pro-choice commentary on the GOP’s
ostensible obstinacy on the issue of abortion has ramped up.
“Haven’t they learned from the 2012 election to steer clear of the
social issues?” “That’s why wome...
It is remarkable to read pieces like these.
Truly.
Time after time moderate Republicanism loses the presidency or
wins by the skin of the Supreme Court’s teeth or 100,000 votes in
Ohio – and this is held up as a successful way to run a political
party...
