I have really been conflicted over my decision not to attend the McCain/Palin "rally" in Waukesha yesterday. I saw the clips from the event last night, and woke up this very early this morning wondering who was this guy, the angry black guy, that so moved Senator McCain with his personal attack...

What's all this I hear about needing a bias ? I think there's plenty of bias around! Why, just watch the nightly news! Ohhh ... Never mind. (Hat tip to the late Rosanne Rosanadana ) But seriously, folks... On a scale of political bias, the media industry as a whole is no more or less biased than...

The endorsement by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of Senator Barack Obama's proposed 16-month timeline for the withdrawal of the bulk of American troops has significance well beyond its positive effect on his campaign. Obviously, it demonstrates that Obama's instincts and advisers are more...

It’s obvious that Republican candidate John McCain either does not have a good grasp of the facts from moment to moment, or he simply chooses to ignore them. Last week the Republican’s campaign theme was energy, and he was on the road trying to capitalize on Americans’ pain at the pump. (Meanwhile McCain...

While I am delighted that Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee this fall, and genuinely awed by the historical significance of this fact, I am struggling to repress a sense of foreboding on this damp gray day. Bobby Kennedy was shot down forty years ago today, just as his drive to the Presidency...

I should not find it ironic that the people who so freely flung around the epithet “Bush hater”, are now freely spreading hate aimed at Barack Obama. You have read this slime right here on these pages. Not just disagreement with his political positions. Not mere accusations that his promise of hope is...