Month: January 2014

Using the word “lynching” as a noun is pretty dubious unless you are talking about an actual lynching. Stu Rothenberg should think about it for a while. It is offensive as a metaphor for, say, an extrajudicial...

One thing about J-Rube falling in love with a Paul Ryan presidential candidacy is that it allows her to get right with the party base she has been alienating as she attacks people like Sens. Rand Paul and Ted Cruz. On the other...

Oh, good, Erick Erickson is gunning for Mitch McConnell’s head. This should make our work easier. Mr. Erickson has noticed that a lot of people on the right are coming to terms with the fact ObamaCare isn’t going...

Why do religious gay bashers claim they are only preaching the Gospels when in fact they generally quote St. Paul rather than Jesus in support of their homophobia and misogyny? McAleese and church stance on gays – Letters...

Born, as I was, in 1969, I didn’t initially have much occasion to learn civics lessons through real-world examples. When Nixon resigned, I was more than a month away from my fifth birthday. My first encounter with anything...