By Steve Holland and Emily Flitter CHARLESTON, S.C./SUMTER, S.C. (Reuters) - The Republican race for the party's 2016 presidential nomination erupted into a four-candidate crossfire on Wednesday over who has the proper experience and is the most conservative, days before South Carolina voters put their stamp on the campaign. In TV interviews and campaign events, … [Read more...] about Republican Presidential race erupts into four way battle
Cartoons: Obama Raising Kayne With Supreme Court Nominee
Obama Raising Kayne With Supreme Court Nominee by Clay Jones The Republicans have truly lost their minds. They’re screaming against Obama’s nomination for the Supreme Court before he’s even made one. With all the vitriol you would think Obama had already submitted his choice and it was a black-Puerto Rican lesbian atheist, abortion provider with a cold sore…or Kanye … [Read more...] about Cartoons: Obama Raising Kayne With Supreme Court Nominee
SHOCKING POLL: Cruz Pulls Dramatically Ahead of Trump in National NBC/WSJ Poll (UPDATED)
A new NBC/WSJ Poll shows a politically shocking national shift in the GOP 20016 Presidential race: Texas Senator Tex Cruz has now pulled ahead of previous front-runner showman Donald Trump. And it's clear that in Saturday Night's CBS Republican Presidential debate that when Trump blasted George W. Bush for getting the U.S. into the Iraq War and disdainfully dismissed the … [Read more...] about SHOCKING POLL: Cruz Pulls Dramatically Ahead of Trump in National NBC/WSJ Poll (UPDATED)
Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Scalia in Heaven
Scalia in Heaven by Mike Peters OF RELATED INTEREST: --Why Justice Scalia was staying for free at a Texas resort --America’s wing-nut derangement syndrome: The death of Antonin Scalia & the mainstreaming of far-right paranoia --Republicans face a no-win situation after loss of Scalia -- Clinton accuses Republicans of ‘hatred and bigotry’ over Scalia replacement – … [Read more...] about Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Scalia in Heaven
A Court without the politics?
We seem to think that the Supreme Court is supposed to be above politics. Maybe it is. That's what we'd like to think until we've lost a sitting justice and another must be chosen to fill the empty seat. Within moments of hearing about Scalia's death we ran to our respective ends of the field and picked up our weapons, ready to pressure the other two branches of government to … [Read more...] about A Court without the politics?
Former Clinton Adviser Chastises Hillary For Her Smear Campaign Against Sanders
Former Clinton adviser Bill Curry predicted in June that Bernie Sanders would beat Hillary Clinton. We do not know yet if his prediction will come true, but Sanders has definitely beaten expectations. In response, Hillary Clinton did exactly what would be predicted--launch a dishonest smear campaign. Curry now writes that The Clintons really don’t get it: False attacks and … [Read more...] about Former Clinton Adviser Chastises Hillary For Her Smear Campaign Against Sanders
Poll: Sanders has slight edge over Clinton in matchups with GOP opponents
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is now in danger of losing her electability argument if this new poll is echoed by future polls. Although polls show her besting Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in South Carolina by a wide margin, new polls show her and Sanders in a 'dead heat" in Nevada, which has long been assumed to be part of the Clinton firewall. If this is part … [Read more...] about Poll: Sanders has slight edge over Clinton in matchups with GOP opponents
Cartoons: Hillary and Jeb
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Donald Trump makes me miss George W. Bush
WASHINGTON -- I had a twinge of nostalgia watching George W. Bush campaign for his little brother in South Carolina Monday night. He was earthy. He recalled a previous visit to a South Carolina breakfast spot, where an animal-rights demonstrator dressed as a pig interrupted Bush's meal by dumping a "steaming pile of manure" in the parking lot to block his exit. … [Read more...] about Donald Trump makes me miss George W. Bush
The rise and fall of Argentina’s real-life X-Files unit
LIMA, Peru — Even at the best of times, Argentina’s former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was controversial. Accused of populism, corruption, mismanaging the economy and un-statesmanlike mood swings, she also, apparently, had an interest in extraterrestrial life. In fact, in May 2011, she launched a new agency within Argentina’s air force specifically to research … [Read more...] about The rise and fall of Argentina’s real-life X-Files unit
Prez O (Guest Voice)
Prez O By Arif Ahmad My Dear Prez O Congrats on your last year in office You have done good, some more than the other And you have faltered, recovered Kind at heart and you have tried As we saw your hair turn white Though, there is something The big leaders lead The great ones unite Somehow they rise above the strife So, Prez O, can you try even harder and … [Read more...] about Prez O (Guest Voice)
Privacy and Security
While the country focuses on the presidential race and the Supreme Court nomination, there are other concerns that roil American citizens but have faded to the background. With growth of the Internet and social media, maintenance of privacy has become an explosive issue for some frequent users. Interestingly, Apple has been asked to hack the Iphone of one of the San Bernadino … [Read more...] about Privacy and Security
Trump and the GOP’s Identity Crisis (Guest Voice)
Trump and the GOP's Identity Crisis By Dick Polman Ever since George W. Bush went home to paint puppies, Republicans have generally lauded him as a tough commander-in-chief who "kept us safe." But Donald Trump is torching that party mantra. South Carolina, which will stage its GOP primary on Saturday night, is arguably the state that will make or break Trump and Jeb … [Read more...] about Trump and the GOP’s Identity Crisis (Guest Voice)
Cartoons: Good Riddance
Good Riddance by Clay Jones Within minutes of the announcement of Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia’s death a lot of liberals went to town expressing their excitement and happiness in the event. A lot of those people are friends and readers of mine. I’m not comfortable with that. I understand not liking the guy and I didn’t. I was not a fan of his rulings and … [Read more...] about Cartoons: Good Riddance
Obama Scolds Senate Republicans for Supreme Court Threat
By Jeff Mason RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to pick an indisputably qualified nominee for the Supreme Court and chided Republicans who control the U.S. Senate for threatening to block him from filling the pivotal vacancy. Obama told senators he has a constitutional duty to nominate a new justice after Saturday's death of … [Read more...] about Obama Scolds Senate Republicans for Supreme Court Threat
The ugly political spectacle around Scalia’s death
WASHINGTON -- In the first minutes after the shocking news spread Saturday that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had died, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley tried to be reasonable. It didn't go well for him. The Iowa Republican, informed in a phone call from Des Moines Register reporter Jason Noble that Scalia had died, responded … [Read more...] about The ugly political spectacle around Scalia’s death
Flint Could Be Any Town (Guest Voice)
Flint Could Be Any Town by Jack Burgess I lived in Flint, Michigan a long time ago. The water was clean and fluoridated, ahead of its time. Flint in 1960 was a progressive city of 200,000 people with one of the nation’s highest per-capita incomes. Today, Flint is the center of a national emergency, its water poisoning its people, and half of them fled. Thousands of … [Read more...] about Flint Could Be Any Town (Guest Voice)
Pee-wee’s Back in New ‘Big Holiday’ Trailer
Pee-wee Herman went on a big adventure in the mid-80s in the first feature film Tim Burton ever directed. More than two decades later, Pee-wee will be back, not on the big screen, but in the new Netflix movie Pee-wee’s Big Holiday. Netflix released a full trailer Tuesday, just over a month before the film’s March… … [Read more...] about Pee-wee’s Back in New ‘Big Holiday’ Trailer
Scalia, Trump, and Clinton on Civil Liberties
The recent death of Antonin Scalia (which I discussed here when the news first broke) has led to a lot of well-deserved criticism of his record. While his conservative votes have been damaging in some areas, it should be kept in mind when evaluating the candidates that, on civil liberties issues, Hillary Clinton is to the right of Scalia. I have previously discussed … [Read more...] about Scalia, Trump, and Clinton on Civil Liberties
How government can get smart
WASHINGTON -- For the first time since the modern budget process was initiated more than 40 years ago, the Republican chairs of the Senate and House Budget committees announced that they would not invite the president's budget director to testify. What seems like an act of disrespect for President Obama (something Republicans have reveled in for seven years) may also … [Read more...] about How government can get smart