May 21, 2013
5:21 p.m.
THIS is pretty interesting:
GOP aides are criticizing the House Republicans’ partisan witch-hunt over the Obama administration’s handling of the attacks on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya last year, arguing that the Party should focus more...
May 21, 2013
5:21 p.m.
Political analyst Charlie Cook, who’s widely respected in both parties, SAYS Republicans are too obsessed with their bitter battles against President Obama:
Red-faced Republicans, circling and preparing to pounce on a second-term Democratic pres...
May 21, 2013
5:21 p.m.
David Sirota NAILS IT:
Was the severe weather system culminating in yesterday’s Oklahoma City tornado intensified — or even created — by climate change? That question will almost certainly be batted back and forth in the media over the next few...
May 21, 2013
5:21 p.m.
The man SAYS the GOP needs greater diversity:
At a sold-out New Hampshire Republican Party dinner Monday night, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) encouraged the room of GOP supporters to embrace diversity and outreach if they want to take the White House in 2016,...
May 21, 2013
5:21 p.m.
Why am I not surprised that the silly 1984 fantasy “Red Dawn” (above) tops THIS LIST?
After the December killings in Newtown, Conn., the National Rifle Association’s chief lambasted the the evils of violent movies and video games, saying th...
May 21, 2013
5:21 p.m.
Two major public-opinion polls released this week have lots of good news for President Obama and lots of bad news for the Republican Party.
The first of these is the CNN/ORC survey, which includes THESE RESULTS:
The new numbers indicate that Obama rem...
May 21, 2013
5:21 p.m.
“Hypocrites” is the one word that comes to mind in light of THIS::
As frantic rescue missions continued Monday in Oklahoma following the catastrophic tornadoes that ripped through the state, it appeared increasingly likely that residents wh...
May 20, 2013
5:21 p.m.
Here’s a 96-minute account of the historic Army-McCarthy hearings of 1954.
Enjoy!
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May 20, 2013
5:21 p.m.
Each year, roughly 800,000 people are arrested for marijuana offenses. That amounts to one arrest every 42 seconds, which represents a great strain on the criminal justice system.
The irony in all of this is that Americans overwhelmingly oppose stiff p...
May 20, 2013
11:16 a.m.
The Republican Party doesn’t often field black candidates for public office, but when it does, they’re usually wingnuts of the first order.
My favorite example is Alan Keyes, who was recruited from outside Illinois to carry the GOP banner a...