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Desperately Denying Reality

Over the past few days we've witnessed a barrage of criticism aimed at Barack Obama for his comments on, and a televised feature commemorating, the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death. Mitt Romney...

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The Worst Jobs Record Of Any Governor In America

Remember back in February, at the height of the controversy surrounding public employee unions in Wisconsin, the idea was trotted out that Governor Scott Walker's anti-union efforts were part and...

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Mitt Romney's Disturbing Selective Amnesia

Seems that Mitt Romney may be suddenly suffering from a disturbing bout of selective amnesia, apparently he can't remember having led an attack on another student at his prep school, one John Lauber,...

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Romney Worrying About Millions But Not Billions

Mitt Romney's supposed essential selling point to the American electorate is that his experience in the private sector uniquely qualify him to replace Barack Obama in the White House next January....

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Romney Rolled by the Far Right?

Oh well, it looks like someone broke the Etch-A-Sketch. After being hagridden for the past few weeks by the talking heads of America's far right from Rush Limbaugh to Sean Hannity to Ann Coulter to...

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Who's Beholden to Foreign Ideas?

Ever since Sarah Palin ran around proclaiming that Barack Obama is a "Socialist" there has been an unrelenting effort by the right to portray the president as someone beholden to foreign ideas. Whether...

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Paul Ryan Whistling Past Reality

I just finished watching Paul Ryan's convention speech and I was dumbstruck by this supposed policy wonk's complete and obvious ability to craft a speech that was so at variance to the facts and then...

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The G.O.P. and a Platform Built for the Past‏

To hear the pundits and political professionals talk about it, this election is all about turning out a party’s base. That’s because there are few if any undecided voters left and the only undecided...

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Mitt Romney's Lehman Moment?‏

Tweet  Did Mitt Romney, in his ill timed and ill conceived commentary on the violence in North Africa, just doom his presidential aspirations the way John McCain did in 2008 when he said that the...

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Mitt Romney: Conservative Trojan Horse or Political Chameleon?

What became of Mitt Romney the “severe conservative” who so assured the American right earlier this year that he had long since slipped his moorings to a moderate political past in Massachusetts?...

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October 16th Talking Points For President Obama

As an avid observer of national politics I’ll be honest and admit that President Obama’s last debate performance was nothing short of abysmal. What I find particularly frustrating about Barack Obama in...

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Romney & Co., Beyond the Pale in Politicizing Benghazi

I fully understand that Mitt Romney and his lieutenants want to capitalize on any and every political opportunity that comes their way, but in the case of the Benghazi deaths have they gone too...

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C'mon Mitt, Privatizing Disaster Relief Would be a Disaster

In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, with the upcoming election a factor, one thing is apparent and that is that Mitt Romney is no better off at figuring out disaster relief than he was at figuring out...

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Mitt Romney and Autumn's Black Swan

In nature black swans are a rarity. In the world of politics and economics they represent rare surprise events that have significant consequences. Of late the term black swan gained renewed currency...

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Can Mitt Romney Fix the Economy?

Tweet  When Barack Obama first took office economist Ken Rogoff, who served on the International Monetary Fund and at the Federal Reserve, warned the president that the 2008 downturn was no ordinary...

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Conservatives at a Dead End?

Election day has finally arrived and to true conservatives the final outcome will probably be nothing more than a mixed blessing at best. First and foremost Mitt Romney is hardly a rock ribbed...

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Grover Norquist Collateral Casualty of 2012?

In light of the election post mortems taking place among conservatives, perhaps no one is more delusional, with the exception of Karl Rove, than Grover Norquist. Norquist, a high priest of limited...

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The Growing Revolt Against Grover Norquist

Two weeks ago I penned a short piece titled “Grover Norquist Collateral Casualty of 2012?” where I broached the question of whether or not Norquist would become a casualty as a result of the coming...

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A Solidly Republican House Crashes Down on Grover Norquist

At this point all I can do is laugh when I think about how some of my friends on the far right were naive as to think that sensible Republicans in Congress had failed to heed the message of the 2012...

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The Intellectual Dishonesty of William Kristol

No American with a basic understanding of this country’s military history could not have been anything but taken aback by William Kristol’s intellectually dishonest criticism of this statement in...

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Where's The Outrage Over Racism In This Case?

Every time a joke and or cartoon is made about the Koran there's a great hue and cry that Westerners are a racists. Why isn't there any worldwide cry against racism in this case?Libyans defacing...

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Clueless Ann Romney

I could only laugh when I heard the would be first lady publicly declare that there was a serious breach of trust between the White House and the American people. Did Ms. Romney ever stop to think...

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The IRS Scandal and the False Hope of Tea Party Revival

Amid all of the sound and fury bubbling up from the IRS examination of the various conservative organizations there’s hope among the Tea Party faithful that this controversy will somehow breathe new...

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Beyond Benghazi

As we navigate our way through this season of political scandal there are questions which have begun to arise, surrounding events in Benghazi, as to motives, both on the part of the supposed architects...

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The Tea Party and the GOP: From Rescue to Wreck

In the immediate aftermath of the 2010 mid-term elections, Peggy Noonan, tireless cheerleader for all things conservative, published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, “The Tea Party to the Rescue”...

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For the Tea Party, Another Election, Another Defeat

Ever since the high water mark of the Tea Party movement in 2010 the path forward nationally has been nothing if not downhill. The net number of seats held by movement members on Capitol Hill has...

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Does Anyone Seriously Think the Tea Party Isn't in Decline?

My recent post ” For the Tea Party, Another Election, Another Defeat” has some disputing what I consider the established fact, that the Tea Party is in decline both in terms of overall popularity as...

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Jackie Gingrich Cushman and the Epitome of Anti-Obama Animus

I was scrolling through the various commentaries on offer at TownHall.com yesterday when I spied one written by Newt Gingrich’s daughter Jackie Gingrich Cushman titled “Are We Sick of Him Yet?” Being...

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Cliven Bundy: Conservative’s Pig in a Poke

Ostensibly, Cliven Bundy’s cattle grazing controversy could not have come at a more opportune time for conservatives. The perceived momentum heading into November’s elections had begun to lose some of...

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The Weekly Standard, Sometime Champion of Freedom of Speech

You know for all of the articles championing freedom of speech, which have appeared of late in the Weekly Standard, I was taken aback by the recent article: ‘Anti-Military Anthem Played at 'Concert for...

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Islamic Terror and Reckless Rhetoric on the Far Right

The recent terror attacks in Paris thrust the issue of terrorism, its relation with Islam, and how to defeat it back into the forefront of national debate. At the same time, it has created a wave of...

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Miraculously the Republicans Rediscover the Average American

As if by magic, the Republican Party has rediscovered most of the rest of us. My neck is still stiff from the political whiplash I sustained when the Grand Old Party radically made its 180-degree...

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Is it Time for Rand Paul to Meet Miss Manners?

If you happened to be, watching CNBC’s on Monday afternoon and saw the rude performance by Rand Paul in his interview with anchor Kelly Evans than you are more than familiar with this abysmal excuse...

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Clint Eastwood Agreeing with Michael Moore and Bill Maher?

This just in from the conservative news source Newsmax:“Clint Eastwood surprised many people recently by saying he agreed with critics who have attacked his Oscar-nominated film "American Sniper….”“As...

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On the Road to Political Irrelevance with Rudy Giuliani

Another famous New Yorker, Yogi Berra, once said, “We may be lost but we’re making good time.” That pretty much sums up the current state of Rudy Giuliani’s political reality and doesn’t bode well for...

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Who Is It The Is Confused About ISIS?

Those who are heavily invested in the notion that it is the religion of Islam that is driving much of the terror in Syria and Iraq and beyond will find these new revelations by the German magazine Der...

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The Far Greater Threat of Domestic Terror

After obsessing for the past year, or more, about whether or not the Obama administration will ever bring itself to utter the words "Islamic Terror" or "Radical Islam" one can only wonder when...

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The SCOTUS Decisions Hammer Conservative Movement

The Court this week has delivered a series of devastating blows to America’s conservative movement with their second decision affirming the constitutionality of Obamacare, today’s decision on same sex...

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Fox News On June 26th, 2015, Oh How Odd It All Seems

One can only scratch one's head when it comes to the incredulous nature of the Fox News Network. On a day as momentous, after a week as momentous as this, the O'Rielly Factor's nightly feature is on...

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For Conservatives, The Benghazi Hearings Could Become One More Disaster In a...

I'm not even remotely a fan of the Clinton's, but with regard to how things are shaping up of late, one thing seems to be certain, 2015 has already been a bad year for America's conservatives and the...

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Obama More Popular Than Reagan At This Point In His Presidency

Polls show that Republicans are more enthusiastic about the upcoming election than Democrats, adding urgency to the mission of motivating Democrats. Obama would be a powerful pitchman within the party:...

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Latest Budget Deal Just Another Setback For The Far Right

In what is shaping up to be a year of setbacks for the Republican Party’s far right, last Friday’s budget deal can only be seen as yet another defeat.Senator Ted Cruz labeled the deal “a slap in the...

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Rand Paul and Another Libertarian Fizzle

If Rand Paul had ever had the juice behind his presidential bid that Donald Trump had and then failed to perform I’d label his departure from the 2016 race a flameout. However in this case, as in many...

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November 2016 - America at the Dawn of the Great Dismal

In mid-October Hillary Clinton was ahead of Donald Trump by 11 points, as of this morning, 11/6/16, most of that lead had dissipated thanks to the latest batch of e-mails, which may have been...

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With Trump at the Helm: "Standby to Roll"

Many years ago I was an enlisted man in the United States Coast Guard Reserve, often underway in the nearby North Atlantic, conducting fisheries patrols. When a change of course was required in rough...

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Dunkirk; The Movie

I recently went to see this new movie, being a student of history, especially military and within the scope of that, particularly naval warfare. Thus for me it was required viewing. I encourage...

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At A Time Like This America Truly Needs A Healthy Donald Trump

At a time like this, with the election just weeks away, America truly needs a healthy Donald Trump on the campaign trail, be it in person or virtual. While in a divisive political environment as riven...

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Joe Biden's Coal Moment

Among the talking heads of the political punditry there is a widely held belief that the presidential election of 2020 is Joe Biden's to lose. His comments on "transitioning away from oil" may emerge...

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4 April 2023 - My Interesting Day at the Courthouse

Seeing as I live in Manhattan, I couldn't resist making my way down to the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse at 100 Centre Street to be a witness to history. That is exactly what I did to the extent that I...

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Revisiting “Women’s College Basketball, Well Worth Watching”

Back in April of 2011 I wrote an article about the excitement generated by Texas A&M’s defeat of Notre Dame in the final Women’s NCAA Basketball Championship game. To my mind the women’s final...

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