It's clear that many of the votes have been bought and paid for by the insurance companies, the existing bill is a travesty that holds little promise for improving health care, and that Ted Kennedy is rolling over in his grave. more »

Conspiracy theorists must be having a field day. To believe them, man has never walked on the moon, Obama is not a US citizen, and Lee Harvey Oswald didn't shoot JFK. Oh wait a minute, one of these is true! more »

The Republicans seem to be flailing and self-destructing. It truly boggles the mind watching it happen. If I were to use the terminology of the Christian right, I'd say it was even miraculous...the latest C Street Family debacle a case in point. more »

Reagan and Bush were smarter. They resorted to hit and run tactics against the mice that roared in Panama, Libya, Granada and Iraq (round one). Baby Bush ignored the wisdom and strategy of Bush Senior and doomed our country to years of prolonged withdrawal. more »

To me, the two biggest developments concern Obama putting the special interest groups on notice that he's been hired by the people of America, not the lobbyists and that he has seemingly mastered the conciliatory approach merged seamlessly with the big stick. more »

Keyshawn Johnson in his day was labeled a destructive influence in the locker room (as witnessed by his book, "Just Give Me The Damn Ball") pretty much in the same category as TO and Randy Moss of the current generation of NFL players. As usual, the med… more »

By the end of 1968, the passion I had for politics had pretty much been executed with the deaths of JFK, RFK, MLK and the victory of Richard Nixon. I was old enough to be sent to Vietnam, I was old enough to be convicted as an adult for the FELONY possession of a gram of marijuana, but I wasn't old enough to VOTE! more »

Let's go outside the box and get rid of most crime at its source. We can do this in about 90 days. more »

Shouldn’t we want our next president to be the guy who evaded capture rather than endured it? more »