Imagine the United States without California, New York, and Texas. These three states represent close to one-fourth of the population of the country. Yet
Category: Voting/Elections
David Brooks mocks Mitt Romney?
It’s a good sign for Democrats and President Obama when conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks devotes an entire Op Ed piece to
New idea to prevent voter suppression
Washington Post opinion writer, Katrina vanden Heuvel suggests that the best way to protect voting rights and eliminate voter suppression is through a constitutional
GOP middle class bamboozlement may be over
Instead of offering real solutions to social and economic problems, the GOP has used flag waving, gay bashing, abortion, prayer in schools, death panels,
Democratic Party to take moral stand in support of gay marriage
In unanimous decision on July 29, the drafting committee for the Democratic National Convention embraced marriage equality as part of the platform for the
Hating Bush vs. Hating Obama
During the administration of George W. Bush, I remember feeling a more or less chronic sense of despair and incredulity at the state my
Wealth doesn’t trickle down when it’s parked in off shore tax havens
A new study by the Tax Justice Network “The Price of Offshore Revisited” shines a light on the size of the global offshore economy—the amount of
Disney, Obama and the American dream
Visiting Disney World with my family last week, I took in the show at the Hall of Presidents in the Magic Kingdom’s Liberty Square.
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
The message battle in Missouri
Republicans seem to own a combination of political phenomena which are extremely injurious to the country. They have the worst of ideas, largely insensitive