Month: December 2012

Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawai’i died today at Walter Reed Hospital. He was 88 years old. He has been one of Hawai’i’s senators since January 1963. Before that, he served as their House representative. I think it...

[Disclosure: I am a consultant for Democracy for America] Longtime readers know that I have never used this page to advocate for tighter handgun control. I think if you go back and read my reactions to the mass gun killings that...

In Booman’s recent post Simple Observation on the Newtown disaster, mainsailset made the following comment: —snip— This is now a moral discussion, a societal contract debate and if we can label the side effects...

It isn’t illegal to change how Electoral College delegates are allocated. If the Republicans want to change how Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin allocate their votes from winner-take-all to by...

Here is a biblical text. The scene: Jesus and his disciples have gone to the garden of Gethsemane. This is taken from Matthew 26. 47 While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd...