You might think November’s Democratic victories undid the havoc resulting from the disastrous 2010 elections, when Republicans were swept into power on the coattails of the Tea Party phenomenon. Think again. Rachel Maddow opened my eyes last night. She explained...
Give some puffed up tom turkey a little power and he is sure to cause trouble. And trouble is what Americans face today as a result of the disastrous 2010 elections. Suddenly, people that...
The kids at school back in Jamaica had a term for it. They called it “puss logic.” I suppose the correct English word is sophistry. But whatever it’s called, it won the midterm elections...
You might be old enough to remember the famous Pogo comic strip in which the little guy observed that we are our own greatest enemy (see Walt Kelly poster above). Never before has this...
Two paths meet in a wood tonight and the Republican Party’s future – perhaps America’s future – depends on which path the voters take. It looks as if they’re ready to take the path...
In the version I learned as a child, Hope soothes the stings inflicted by the troubles that Pandora let loose. And I was taught, as Alexander Pope declared, that hope springs eternal in the...
I am afraid that democracy might be dead in America. The United States is emerging as an undisguised oligarchy. In American politics today, money talks more than ever. It’s not just the recent Supreme...
President Obama was at his charming best yesterday as he faced hostile Republican House members, and if American voters are still in the mood for charm, his approval rating should be soaring today. But...
I never thought I would live to hear a Democratic President extol the virtues of offshore oil drilling, nuclear power plants and “clean coal.” And that was just the beginning. Before President Obama’s State...
Someone should remind President Obama that Jimmy Carter, who was one of America’s most decent presidents, was booted out after just one term. Obama doesn’t seem to realize the potential price for the health...