No Second chances for sexual predators
Mar 11, 2010 Opinion
I am neither sympathetic toward nor inclined to help sexual offenders. But we appear to be piling on, so that those who successfully change their thinking and their behavior might never get going again. When so many politicians, including the governor, exploit an issue such as this, that’s when I really get the creeps.
Obama Sabotages Himself With Pseudo-"Pragmatism"
Mar 11, 2010 Opinion
A new Democratic poll claims Democrats are losing the Terrorism/civil liberties debate to Dick Cheney.
Jesse Ventura Banned from Huff Post for conspiracy mongering
Mar 11, 2010 Opinion
A post by Jesse Ventura has been removed from the Huffington Post for violating a policy against spreading conspiracy theories. Considering that the post identifies Ventura as the author of a book called Conspiracy Theories, you’d think HuffPo would have known what to expect from the former Minnesota governor. Apparently Not.
John McCain Flip Flops With Your Safety
Mar 11, 2010 Opinion
John McCain, who spent millions of taxpayer money chasing after baseball players he believed were taking steroids, has once again buckled under pressure from the real distributors of steroids and other illegal substances—the nation’s supplement makers.
Colbert Redefines "Reconciliation" as "Legislative Gangbang"
Mar 11, 2010 Opinion
Let’s face it. Words really are nothing more than sounds that east coast, big city, lesbian poets make in coffee houses to get people to snap their fingers in agreement.
Has Obama Hit Bottom?
Mar 11, 2010 Opinion
Come November, the president and his party may find themselves succeeding most by failing the least.
Does Rush Limbaugh remember 1994?
Mar 11, 2010 Opinion
I’ll say it again: The party of Palin and Limbaugh can win in 2010 — but not in 2012, and beyond
American Elites Abandon Their Faux Regret Over Iraq
Mar 11, 2010 Opinion
Tom Friedman explains we should all forget about the death and suffering we caused because it’s all working out.
How to Win the War of Ideas on Violent Extremism
Mar 11, 2010 Opinion
Much of the past public diplomacy effort focused on America’s own image, on how Americans are seen by others. But today, in the war of ideas, our core task is not how to fix foreigners’ perceptions of the United States but how to isolate and reduce the threat of violent extremism. In other words, it’s not about us.
How Obama Is Making the Same Mistakes as Bush
Mar 10, 2010 Opinion
Obama’s stumbles atop the high-wire of running the federal government has created perhaps the greatest danger to his presidency, and they are oddly reminiscent of the misguided practices which tripped up his predecessor.