Recently, I shared My Own Life in Politics and said that the topic of race had hardly come up in my traditional, conservative Southern white family. (I realize some of those words are redundant!) While it is true and I am...
Read MoreI know it has been said elsewhere and I know that we have bigger issues of concern worth focusing on, but it seems to me that Mark Kirk’s lies about his military service actually exceed anything that Richard Blumenthal...
Read MoreThe McClatchy newspaper chain, which has provided some of the best and most critical commentary on the horrific oil spill, reports that the Obama administration approved 31 deepwater drilling plans similar tho those of BP....
Read MoreThe hold of the Israeli lobby over American politics is total and absolute. Steny Hoyer and Joe Biden are out there defending commando raids on humanitarian ships in international waters that result in death and injury to...
Read MoreBob Herbert’s latest New York Times column, "Our Epic Foolishness," could (and perhaps should) serve as the introduction to a book about how America got into the various messes we’re in — from the ongoing...
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