The language of intolerance is not without consequences. Unfortunately, the intolerant are too weak minded to understand the consequences of their own words. So-called "conservatives", taking their cue from the "You're with us, or with the terrorists" jargon of their President...

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...