At the End of Our Rope? by Peter Funt A few hours with the TV and radio the other night — one lowlight being a commercial for a holster guaranteed to prevent getting “pinched” by your concealed gun — underscored what a troubled and divided nation we have become. Fox News Channel carried the latest debate among GOP presidential candidates, during which Mitt Romney pledged never to support any laws whatsoever that limit gun sales in any way. Moving on to foreign policy, Romney said...

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Some Inconvenient Facts by Michael Reagan Mr. President: Do you really think you are riding high with the rate of unemployment standing at a whopping 8.5 percent? 8.5 percent! Wow!! Perhaps we should take a real good look at the real numbers. The rate of unemployment was 7.8 percent when you took office, and look how much money you have spent since then trying to improve it. Remember that before you took office our deficit was about $400 billion. Now it’s well over a trillion — $1.5...

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The GOP’s Long Sad March to the Inevitable Nominee by Tina Dupuy Republicans have a wide variety of conservative white males now vying to be their nominee. No, really. Bear with me. They have former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich summing up the worst of the ’90s GOP. Not only did he shut down the government during his tenure, he attempted to oust a president for doing what Gingrich was doing at that very moment. The Speaker investigated Bill Clinton for hanky panky with an intern...

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Iowa Votes by Michael Reagan Iowa caucus results show it’s still early in the game and nothing’s certain. So what happened on the way to the Republican presidential nomination? Well, even with a slim official win, Mitt Romney did no better in practical terms this year than he did four years ago in 2008 because of the level of competition. This proves that the road to the 2012 nomination will be anything but smooth, and that he has a tough road ahead if he is to win the Republican presidential...

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Virginia Debacle Could Seriously Hurt GOP Presidential Nominee by Matt Mackowiak and Ford O’Connell Only two candidates are slated to be on the 2012 Virginia Republican presidential primary ballot. The mainstream media is choosing to frame this predicament as evidence of which GOP candidates are running “serious” campaigns and which are not. But this media-driven narrative largely misses the mark. The real loser in this ordeal is likely to be the eventual GOP presidential nominee. Given...

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The Real Housewives Of Iowa by Cliff Schecter This year we’ve seen it all. Protest movements have swept the world, as people from Cairo to Cleveland have stood up against oligarchy and its kissing cousin venality. Osama bin Laden, the murderous mastermind of the 9/11 attack and many others like it, at last met his Waterloo. And finally, with reality TV stars, radio-talk-show hosts, and television pundits making up roughly 90 percent of the current GOP presidential field–or those who...

Brian Fairrington, Cagle Cartoons Frequently Asked Questions About the Iowa Caucuses Raging Moderate, by Will Durst Q. A little help here. Exactly what are the Iowa Caucuses? A. The Iowa Caucuses is a method of choosing a presidential nominee. Held every four years. Usually in Iowa. Q. Why is it so important? A. Number one in the batting order. Opening stanza of an epic poem. The recorded preamble to the Republican Nomination Symphony is over, and the citizen orchestra is about to play. Q. What? A....