Is the NRA Right? Guns for Everyone?

Wayne LaPierre of the NRA, National Rifle Association says that we should all be armed. Then and only then will we be safe? Are you ready for a shoot-out with your neighbor or your dry cleaners? Society must make some decisions.

Why Republicans are Attacking FDR

On a cold March day in 1933 in Washington D.C., a man in a wheelchair sat alone in a room in the Capitol,  working...

Are Republicans Now International Corporatists?

In recent days, it has become clear that the Neoconservatives who continue to control the Republican Party have not lessened their allegiance to the...

Senator “Dud” Gregg Objects

Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, scion of a prominent New Hampshire political family, objects to the Obama budget.  Strikingly, although he maintains that...

Renewing the Union Label

After more than 25 years of siege, the union movement now strikes back. The recent release of tapes from the Labor Department demonstrating the...

Geithner Plan Buoys Market

In an interview today with CNBC, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner explained his financial recovery plan and discussed how it will affect the average citizen....

The Geithner Gotcha Game

Here we go again! The Republicans have absolutely nothing to say and nothing to contribute to returning the United States to economic equilibrium. So...

Limbaugh and Propaganda, Part II

Rush Limbaugh must be happy. He has been in the news lately for having created a great deal of turmoil in the Republican Party.  Apparently his "dittoheads"...

Limbaugh and Propaganda, Part I

I am tired of hearing people attack Rush Limbaugh, calling him a fat, pompous, windbag. Yes, he is rude.  Yes, some people say that he is a somewhat...

The Stim

Before you make any serious decisions on who is right and who is wrong in the way the economy is about to be re-started,...

A New Era

As I write this, we are on the brink of a new political era in the United States. This will be the Obama Era....

Obstruction is the New Partisanship.

Recently,  we witnessed one of the singular events of our time. The Inauguration of President Barack Obama was as spectacular as it was welcome. Hundreds of...