The following is a continuation of a three-part series by Sara Robinson, published on August 11, 2009 on the Campaign for America blog. At the end of the article; I have added two links, one to an explanation of how … Continue reading →
On September 11, 1970, Spiro Agnew, in an address to the California Republican state convention in San Diego, uttered these famous words (crafted by William Safire): “In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering … Continue reading →
I’ve watched a few videos of the Tea Party rallies around the country and what strikes me about almost all of them is that there is an inchoate rage against the government. People are furious about the approach that the … Continue reading →
For further evidence that low-RWA liberals, moderates, and conservatives should not let their guard down against the high-RWA religious right, here is a portion of an essay posted by Robert Altemeyer, the author of The Authoritarians, on his website. You … Continue reading →
A friend sent me a link to the following essay by Leonard Pitts, whom I greatly admire as a writer. It isn’t news to any of us that the culture wars are still raging, even though part of the reason … Continue reading →
I wish George Mitchell all the best – it appears that he has his work cut out for him. There are lessons to be learned here for us, also … the perils of the unification of church and state. The … Continue reading →
January 15, 2009 would have been the 8oth birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. With the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama as the nation’s 44th president on Tuesday, what would Martin Luther King, Jr. have to say about the current … Continue reading →
John McCain and Sarah Palin style themselves as “mavericks” – I thought you would like to know more about how the word came to be. Then, you can decide if McCain and Palin are mavericks or if they are something … Continue reading →