The Power of Fear

 How the Right Wing Makes Money by Interjecting Fear and Paranoia in Their Followers A few…

An Undeserving Hall of Fame Shutout

LOS ANGELES-In the eyes of Major League Baseball Hall of Fame voters, justice has been served.…

INCOME INEQUALITY: Does Tax Breaks for the Rich Help the Economy?

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to…

There is No Leverage with Debt Ceiling

The political pundits are focused like a laser on the Republican Party fissures as if those…

Still Clinging to Their Guns and Religion

The conspiracy behind people who think “Big Government” is trying to take away their guns In…

Why the New Minorities are Joining the Democratic Party

The Republican Party today has a race neutral and culturally accommodating philosophy.  What that means is…

School Shooting Shatters a Safe Haven

When parents drop off their children at school in the morning they don’t think about that…

Americans And Their Guns

When I went to college in Atlanta Georgia, my friends and I would go to the…

No Deals on the Fiscal Cliff

The chattering classes in Washington DC continually re-enforce the conventional wisdom – as they see it. …

Balancing Our Priorities and Our Budget

Inside of the Washington, D.C. beltway media bubble it is common to make a false, half…

Andy Reid Watch and Matt Barkley’s Bruin Beating

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick would look good in a Chip Kelly run-and-shoot offense. It’s a…

Firing a Purple and Gold Blank

Mike Brown had just one year to prove he was the right coach for the Los…

Why the President Drew the Line on Taxing the Wealthy

Now that President Obama has won reelection, he can rightfully say that his policies also won…

Who is the President’s Opposition?

Most of the time we forget who these people are in the United States Senate who…