If you read Dwight D. Eisenhower’s brief acceptance speech at the 1952 Republican National Convention, you’ll notice something remarkable. At no point does Eisenhower express a single principle of the Republican...
Read MoreWhenever I read articles like this that examine the political woes of the Republican Party, I am tempted to think about how I would do things if I went over to the dark side and was tasked with rebuilding the Republican Party....
Read MoreThe sands of time have faded my memory of the Iran-Contra affair, but I do distinctly remember being impressed at the age of seventeen/eighteen that the right-wing was willing to go beyond excusing the illegal behavior of Oliver...
Read MoreThe flu has assaulted our household. So far, I’ve been holding out against the germ-spreaders, but I’m beginning to come down with it now. Of course, I’d gladly get the flu if it would make James Carville, Paul...
Read MoreSenate Judiciary chair, Patrick Leahy, held a hearing this morning to discuss whether or not to conduct an investigation of the Bush administration’s flagrant, morally reprehensible, and anti-Constitutional lawbreaking....
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