Month: February 2010

A funny thing about all the criticism of Rahm Emanuel is that no one that I can remember ever blamed Andy Card for Bush’s policies and failures. I used to wonder about Card a lot. He had a reputation as a fairly moderate...

In his State of the Union Address, President Obama took a pivotal step towards repealing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. Approximately 16 years later, this repeal is far overdue. It was in the middle...

Do you know what Tsar Bomba was? It was the biggest nuclear bomb ever exploded. You don’t hear much about it, do you? It was 50 megatons. The Soviets dropped it from a plane in the Arctic Circle in 1961. Ever hear of...

If we don’t create competition for our bloated American Health Insurance Corporations (and a public option like Medicare for all would provide that necessary element), we will continue to see these large corporations...