The Republican Primary Farce is Over
OK, so I was wrong. I know it’s hard to believe but I am not always right. Rick Santorum is not going to be the Republican presidential nomineee. Not this time, not in 2016,...
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You Thought the Fight for Women’s Rights Was Over?
You might expect a battle for women’s rights to take place in Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia, or some other faraway land. But certainly not in America. After all, a century or more has come...
Beware the Rise of a False Prophet
I am convinced that Rick Santorum is going to win the Republican nomination. And I am not saying this just because he came first last night in Alabama and Mississippi. He’s on a roll. He...
A Dangerous Crusade is Underway in America
Never before in my lifetime has there been such a blatant intrusion of religious activism in American politics. You expect that kind of thing in some exotic Mideast society, and it remains a quaint legacy...
Nastiness Abounds in the Republican Debate
Last night’s Republican presidential debate was enlightening. But it was not because of anything the candidates proposed; they trotted out the same threadbare theories we’ve heard before. It was revealing because of the insights...
He Knows Who God Wants You to Vote For?
I am amazed by the temerity of people like Franklin Graham (no relation, thank God!) who claim to know who God wants us to vote for. I not only read most of the Holy...
Santorum Makes Third-Party Challenge Plausible
As I listen in disbelief to the ravings of Rick Santorum, I have to consider the possibility that a serious third-party presidenital challenge is possible this year.The former Pennsylvania senator sounds more and more...
Santorum Backer: Try Aspirin for Birth Control
It’s an old, old joke, one I hadn’t expected to hear again in my lifetime, and it is deeply revealing. It goes something like this: The best way to practice birth control is...
The fix is in. Obama wins in November
If you are a democrat right now you should be laughing like hell. If you are a republican, you’d have to be crying yourself to sleep every night. The republican primaries, the...
The Real Republican Party is on Display
In a few months, the Republican nominee for president will emerge on the campaign trail, and you can bet he will sound nothing like the candidates we’re hearing from today. We might recognize his name...