[icopyright one button toolbar] Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker offers a sensible take on the GOP Senate letter to Iran in The Washington Post. It must be relatively simple, as one clips along the marble halls of the Russell Senate Office Building, speaking only to those of like mind, to decide that undermining the president is a public service. Hating the … [Read more...] about Kathleen Parker on GOP Letter
America’s Real Traitors
[icopyright one button toolbar] by Walter Brasch The Tea Party wing of the Republican party thinks House speaker John Boehner is a rhino. Not the thick-skinned horned mammal that lives in Africa. This rhino is an R-I-N-O . . . Republican in Name Only. The Tea Party thinks Boehner, by sometimes listening to both sides and occasionally, but rarely, agreeing with … [Read more...] about America’s Real Traitors
The 47 Republican Senators and the Letter to Iran: Knuckleheads, dum-dums, or traitors?
[icopyright one button toolbar] Knuckleheads, dum-dums, or traitors? And anyway, do we know treason when we see it? Call me old-fashioned, but when the advise-and-consent role of the Senate was exchanged for a casual, treacherous intrusion into the rights and duties of the executive branch, the senators involved deserved a chilly overnight in the stocks for their … [Read more...] about The 47 Republican Senators and the Letter to Iran: Knuckleheads, dum-dums, or traitors?
Cartoon: Republican Senators Write An Open Letter to the American People
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Hillary Clinton Stonewalls On Email Scandal
[icopyright one button toolbar] Hillary Clinton held a press conference to discuss the email controversy but wound up stonewalling and creating even more questions. The news conference was basically an expanded version of her tweet, just as misleading and reveling little actual information. Considering the Nixonian feel to this scandal, I was waiting for someone to ask if, … [Read more...] about Hillary Clinton Stonewalls On Email Scandal
Open Letters: First Iran, Now the World (Updates)
[icopyright one button toolbar] Update III (No satire) Testifying today before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Secretary of State John Kerry did not mince words when commenting on the infamous “letter of 47.” He called it an "irresponsible" gambit that breaks with more than two centuries of U.S. foreign policy history, according to a report at the … [Read more...] about Open Letters: First Iran, Now the World (Updates)
The 47 – And The Art of Stepping in Doggie Poo
Rick Wilson, national Republican message and media strategist, had the germ of a good idea for his fellow GOPers in the wake of revelations about Hillary Clinton’s use of personal email to conduct government business. Appearing in Politico Magazine, Wilson authored a piece titled A Message to My Fellow Republicans, and subtitled “Let’s stay out of the way of Hillary Clinton’s … [Read more...] about The 47 – And The Art of Stepping in Doggie Poo
Gallup: Americans’ Views of Netanyahu Less Positive After Congress Speech — with Big Loss Among Democrats
[icopyright one button toolbar] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress that was set up by Republican Speaker of the House without running it by the White House in advance, and slated afterward despite strong White House objections did the Israeli P.M. no favors in his polling numbers among Americans: a new Gallup Poll found American's now view him … [Read more...] about Gallup: Americans’ Views of Netanyahu Less Positive After Congress Speech — with Big Loss Among Democrats
OU Fraternity Students Apologize For Racist Song
OU Students Apologize For Racist Song Two students from the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity, who had been expelled from the University of Oklahoma for singing a racist song, have issued statements of apology for the act. The families of the expelled students -- Levi Pettit and Parker Rice -- issued the statements on their behalf late Tuesday. The statement was released… … [Read more...] about OU Fraternity Students Apologize For Racist Song
Should Lifetime Appointments to the Federal Courts Be Abolished?
[icopyright one button toolbar] The courts are necessary appendages of government that circumvent democratic ideals in the way they are structured and how they function. In most nations, judges are appointed rather than elected, as is true for American federal justices. (Many states and municipalities in the U.S, have their judges elected in political campaigns.) Even … [Read more...] about Should Lifetime Appointments to the Federal Courts Be Abolished?
Partisan rift widens over Iran
Partisan rift widens over Iran by Donald Harrison Editor, San Diego Jewish World SAN DIEGO(SDONA) — The partisan divide in Washington D.C. over Iran’s nuclear aspirations has been growing wider, and more bitter, as President Barack Obama, a Democrat, argues with the Republican-controlled Congress over whether any agreement between Iran and the Permanent Five members of the … [Read more...] about Partisan rift widens over Iran
Cartoon: Hillary has a primary opponent
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ISIS Child Soldier Allegedly Executes Israeli Hostage
The Islamic State group on Tuesday released a video purporting to the show the execution of an Israeli citizen it claimed was a member of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. Mohamed Said Ismail Musallam, 19, was captured by the ISIS militants after they allegedly discovered he was a spy. Unlike previous videos of hostage executions released… … [Read more...] about ISIS Child Soldier Allegedly Executes Israeli Hostage
Cartoon: Republican letter to Iran
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Is Hillary hiding something?
WASHINGTON -- The Hillary Clinton email controversy is a reminder of one inescapable fact: She comes with baggage. Not the kind that fits in the overhead bin, either. I'm talking steamer trunks. How could anyone serve four years as secretary of state with no official email account, instead conducting business from a private address with its own domain and server? The … [Read more...] about Is Hillary hiding something?
GOP’s Letter to Iran Flirts with Treason (Guest Voice)
GOP's Letter to Iran Flirts with Treason By Dick Polman Let me put this as charitably as I possibly can: The open letter to Iran's ruling mullahs, authored by Tom Cotton, a Senate Republican freshman with zero national security credentials, and signed by 46 party colleagues, is a pathetic partisan stunt that tramples on presidential turf and betrays two centuries of … [Read more...] about GOP’s Letter to Iran Flirts with Treason (Guest Voice)
Cartoon: Republicans’ Letter to Iran
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Hillary Clinton Says Using Personal Email Was Easier Than Two Phones
Hillary Clinton Says Using Personal Email Was Easier Than Two Phones Updated | Hillary Clinton responded Tuesday to recent criticism over her use of a personal email server while secretary of state, saying she did so “as a matter of convenience.” “Looking back, it would have been better to use two separate emails and two separate phones,” Clinton said, speaking at a press … [Read more...] about Hillary Clinton Says Using Personal Email Was Easier Than Two Phones
Cartoon: Frat Life
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Don’t blame just religion for extremist violence—UN expert
[icopyright one button toolbar] Religion is just a mask some extremists use to justify violence that has many other causes, according to a United Nations human rights expert. Violence committed in the name of religion does not simply ‘erupt’, but stems from interrelated drivers that provide the fertile ground for hatred, said Heiner Bielefeldt, rapporteur of the UN … [Read more...] about Don’t blame just religion for extremist violence—UN expert