Latest EntryMar 14, 2010 Opinion Leave a comment
For some people, the United States Census is a too long, too cumbersome questionnaire that is a once-a-decade hassle. That attitude, however, can be very harmful to our cities’ futures. The census
Mar 14, 2010 Opinion Leave a comment
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is on a search-and-destroy mission for anything that comes from the Democrats. This especially applies to health care, where he has decided that opposition boils down to one word: No. Is this a winning strategy? McConnell and his GOP colleagues are betting on it.
Mar 14, 2010 Opinion Leave a comment
An evangelical leader is calling for a boycott of Glenn Beck’s television show and challenging the Fox News personality to a public debate after Beck vilified churches that preach economic and social justice.
Mar 14, 2010 Opinion Leave a comment
The conservative side of the political spectrum has attempted to use their version of morality for nearly 30 years as a way of winning elections. Although both sides and the center certainly have their sex scandals, when they are done by the so called family values Christian Conservatives, it is especially hypocritical.
Mar 14, 2010 Opinion Leave a comment
Sloganeering only obscures the debate over the proper role of government.
Mar 14, 2010 Opinion Leave a comment
Could the Israeli government make it any more obvious they have no intention of sharing the Over-Promised Land with its other inhabitants?
Mar 14, 2010 Opinion Leave a comment
The President had a series of meetings on immigration reform that reflect the pressure he is feeling to act. The patience of Latino and immigrant voters is wearing thin and the cost to the Latino community for every week and month that we fail to reform the system is too high.
Mar 14, 2010 Politics Leave a comment
President Barack Obama says he wants projects helping specific states yanked from the health care bill Congress is writing. Democratic senators, being senators, beg to differ.
Mar 14, 2010 Politics Leave a comment
As House Democratic leaders advised their members Friday to prepare for a legislative battle over health care that could stretch through next weekend, four additional rank-and-file Democrats have come out against the Obama administration’s signature domestic priority.
Mar 14, 2010 Politics Leave a comment
Job losses, home foreclosures and the worst economy in decades have forced many Americans to cut back or do without. But not members of Congress, who voted themselves a 5 percent increase in their own budgets last year.