12 Articles

Monday, September 1, 2008
McCain's Reckless Choice
(1 comments) Coming after his calls for a gas tax holiday and off-shore drilling and shameless invocation of his POW status to deflect any and all criticism, it is evident that Senator McCain views this campaign not as a debate about the greater direction of the country but as a series of stunts designed to distract voters from the real issues.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
History, Hope & Hillary: A Call for Party Unity
Hillary Clinton historic campaign comes to a close tonight. To Senator Clinton's supporters, I urge you to declare victory. You have not only made history, but you are only 70 days away from making her vision a reality.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008
The Right's New Patriotic PC - From Lapel Pins to Nuclear Waste
For a generation, the right has wailed over "political correctness," which Jonah Goldberg labels as "liberal fascism". It appears that the right now embraces the "F" word as they dictate what patriotic Americans should wear (flag lapel pin mandatory, "jihadist" scarves forbidden) and even believe. Under the right's Patriotic PC, true Americans must love their country, their flag, torture and . . . even nuclear waste.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The "Ricing" on the Cake for a Republican Disaster
(1 comments) Just as Democrats have grown increasingly worried about their chances of recapturing the White House, the Republicans have stepped in to reassert their claim to a defeat that is rightfully theirs. Grover Norquist endorsed as McCain's running mate a Bush administration official whose performance has been characterized by fellow Republicans as "disastrous, "inept" and "not up to the job" . . . Condoleezza Rice.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008
OBAMA AND GENERATION JONES' MOMENT
(1 comments) Obama is from Generation Jones, born in the shadow of fallen heroes, tempered by Watergate and disciplined by economic uncertainty. . . . Just as Senator Clinton represents the Baby Boom era and Senator McCain the Ice Age, Obama is the archetype of the Jonesers' President.

Saturday, June 2, 2007
Iraq, Democrats and the Art of the Possible
(40 comments) Politics is the art of the possible. Yet, the current torrent of rage over the compromise on Iraq funding ironically blames the Democrats for seizing the possible at the expense of the impossible in a classic example of making the perfect the enemy of the good. In their fury, anti-war critics mistakenly equate a tactical retreat with total capitulation and fail to recognize the substantial progress Democrats have made.

Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Colin Powell, Where Have You Gone?
(5 comments) WHERE HAVE YOU GONE COLIN POWELL? Where is the man who was once considered the most trusted man in America and who a major news magazine declared a "superstar"?

Saturday, February 24, 2007
Eight Rules for '08
(3 comments) Eight ground rules to ensure that the 2008 campaign is one that we can be proud of and not dread.

Thursday, February 8, 2007
The Kool-Aid Society Strikes Back
(7 comments) The Barack Obama Madrassa hoax and Dinesh D'Souza's latest polemic "The Enemy at Home" are a sign of what is to come from the right wing media's true believers.

Sunday, September 10, 2006
The September 10th President
eptember 10, 2001 was the 213th day of a presidency focused on tax cuts and Iraq. President Bush had yet to even speak of al-Qaida or Osama bin Laden and was "paying no attention" to terrorism, according to former aide Paul Bremmer. Sadly little has changed as we approach the fifth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Saturday, June 10, 2006
Of Mice and Dems
(1 comments) Democrats concerns over the upcoming elections will continue to escalate until they understand who and why they lost in 2004. The answer lies in Generation Jones.

Saturday, June 10, 2006
IT IS TIME FOR TELEVISED DEBATES FOR MIDTERM ELECTIONS
Why do we have nationally televised debates for presidential elections but not for the midterm congressional elections that follow? Is our future any less important in midterm election years? Televised midterm debates would allow voters to make an informed decision on the critical issues of the day and give national and local media a focal point through which it can easily increase its paltry election coverage.