Month: January 2016

When Scott Walker dropped out of the race, I laughed a good hearty laugh and then I predicted that it would allow Ohio Governor John Kasich to solidify his position as the backup to Jeb Bush. A little while later when it became...

In our January/February issue of the Washington Montly, Leah Douglas has a review of a new book by Marion Nestle, a nutritionist and professor of sociology and food systems at New York University. Soda Politics: Taking on Big...

Greg Sargent takes a look at a campaign angle that is getting a lot of attention this morning: why is Trump polling so well with white evangelicals? All this has deeply puzzled some evangelical leaders. The Post quotes one...

Liberty University was founded by Jerry Falwell in 1971, in Lynchburg, Virginia. And Jerry Falwell was a segregationist who badmouthed Martin Luther King, Jr, James Farmer, and Desmond Tutu, and encouraged his followers to...

During the January 14th, 2016 Republican debate in North Charleston, South Carolina, the following exchange occurred: [MARIA] BARTIROMO, [FOX BUSINESS NETWORK ANCHOR]: Governor Kasich… (APPLAUSE) … Governor Kasich,...