Come November, the Republican Party may need to change their mascot from the elephant to the lemming. In the aftermath of Scott Brown's upset election in January, the GOP redoubled their bets on the failure of Health Care Reform. As...
I am a Virginian.  My mother was a Virginian, and so was her father. His family came to the colonies out of necessity and choice. During the English Civil War in the 1640s, my ever-so-many-great grandfather backed the losing...
This morning the office of Senator Evan Bayh, D-IN, announced that he will not run for re-election this November. There's more than one way to react to this news. Since Bayh is a Democrat, the gut reaction might be...
A New York Times reporter asked a man the following question, What is a fascist?  How many fascists have we?  How dangerous are they?  The man answered, The really dangerous American fascist....is the man who wants to do in the...
Watching the Teabaggers ponce, preen and pontificate for the better part of last year, and ending with their recent convention, I'm always struck by the fact that they and their ilk have channeled Thomas Jefferson as their Founding Father...

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We need to start a movement, a splinter group from the Democratic Party. I am not talking about “media” or “profits” but am talking about starting a movement that somehow...
With the growing abuse of the filibuster and Democrats unwilling to take the strong action necessary to fix the economy and regain the public trust, with the airwaves and cable increasingly dominated by the demagogic likes of Fox News...
As everyone probably knows by now, the great Tea Party Convention is in full swing this weekend in Nashville. A whopping 600 teabaggers are gathered to hear their leaders, and are especially excited to hear Sarah Palin. The convention kicked off...
Tonight, Bill Moyers had a marvelous episode which I can't recommend enough. The first segment was about the SCOTUS decision and the impact on our democracy. http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02052010/watch.html With pro and con voices. http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02052010/watch2.html The second segment I found the most intriguing, with a doctor...
This morning I happened upon an article dated January 21st, 2010 from the East Valley Tribune about a meeting of religious leaders regarding immigration. The Arizona Interfaith Network is hosting the event, which will begin with a prayer service, followed...