Month: March 2008

This is attributed to Lao Tzu (also referred to as Lao Tse) and comes from the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 31: Weapons are the tools of violence; all decent men detest them. Weapons are the tools of fear; a decent man will avoid them...

As I write this, the announcement of results in Mississippi is less than 24 hours away. Barack Obama is expected to win, making his record 15-2 since Super Tuesday. But once we get past Mississippi, Pennsylvania looms large on...

Stephen Colbert had George McGovern on tonight as his guest. I guess McGovern’s 1972 campaign is the new topic for discussion. A whole generation of Democrats were traumatized by that election and it has caused them to act...

We are not here to curse the darkness; we are here to light a candle. As Winston Churchill said on taking office some twenty years ago: If we open a quarrel between the present and the past, we shall be in danger of losing the...