Former President George W. Bush gave a speech last week that could be summed up as “racism is bad” and “democracy is good”. The
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Make the pie higher: nostalgia for W in a Trump era
Recent references to Donald Trump’s bizarre ramblings in interview transcripts (Trump’s NYT transcript: Read it, and weep for our country) make one yearn for
Pappy Bush and McCain gave green light to GOP extremists
The Republican Party has strayed so far from “societal norms” or “polite company” in recent years that it has caused some to ask, “Where
George W. Bush discovers—rather late in the game—empathy for soldiers he destroyed
More than 10 years, six-thousand+ body bags, and hundreds of thousands of physically and psychologically wounded veterans too late, George W. Bush may finally
George W. Bush’s Library: Political cartoon fodder
Of all the U.S. Presidents, in all of the White Houses, in all of our lifetimes [so far], the one I’d judge least qualified
It’s time to take responsibility for the Iraq War and its moral/financial consequences
Two recent pieces in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch helped me make some connections about why Republicans can’t stand to talk about how the unnecessary
How refreshing: David Frum goes from conservative to semi-liberal
On his HBO show, Bill Maher usually arranges for one of his three guests to be a conservative. In one sense, he wants to
If you didn’t fight in a war, don’t start a new one
One of America’s finest progressives was South Dakota Senator George McGovern. In 1972, he won the Democratic nomination for president. Unfortunately, he was trounced
Obama’s moral understanding vs. Bush’s swagger
Watching the coverage of President Obama’s speech about the killing of Osama bin Laden, I find myself in agreement with various friends (on Facebook