Maybe Some People Need to Seriously Think about Going to Church
I am not a religious person in the least. In fact, I don't believe in any god; but - unlike seemingly a fair few people of the liberal persuasion...
No Vote, No Voice
My mother's oldest brother never voted in his life. He went to his grave, having never cast a vote for a single politcal candidate, Democrat or Republican. That didn't...
Morphing on The Hill
Loads of people are in high-gear whine mode about the deal cut in Washington by the President with the Republicans last week. One of the lesser ad hominems being thrown...
Not Seeing the Forest for the Trees
To say I'm pretty angry at the moment would be an understatement, but then, having lived in the UK for almost 30 years, I suppose I've mastered that art....
The Real Elephant in the Room
What is the "middle class?"
When I grew up in the 60s and 70s, the middle class was white-collared professionals, all of whom had a university degree. They were doctors,...
The Legacy of Nixon: This Democratic Party
I'm giving up officially. On politics. Specifically, American politics.
I was raised in what my mother regularly called "a Democratic kitchen" in the South, by parents who had been Roosevelt...
Why I’m Scared of Sarah Palin
While I'm not a person who scares easily, I'll be brutally honest and say this woman scares me more than any politician I've known in any country. She scares...
Political Cleopatras
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_vxI0sOsIY
In the aftermath of the mid-term shellacking, I've found myself thinking a lot about John Edwards and wondering, frankly, if the country, Right and Left, would have gone half...
Hackery Dickery Duped
People just don't know and won't believe that the President doesn't legislate.
This tax cuts brouhaha is another "death panel" debate. It's when someone takes a concept, labels it and...
He’s a Millionaire Celebrity Pundit, Not Your Boyfriend.
A 51 year-old celebrity talking head, who earned upwards of $8 million dollars per year knowingly breached a clause in his contract and got handed his ass on a plate.