| Nov 7, 2018 | Rights / DemocracyWith the election over and a new Congress ready to be sworn in this January, I’m ready for a new, less toxic style of politics. Journalist McKay Coppins traces the toxic politics of today back to Newt Gingrich in the 1990s. Gingrich, he said, pioneered...
| May 3, 2012 | UncategorizedNewt assured us: I Will be the NomineeI Will beat Mitt Rominee I Will create a Moon Colony I am not full of Baloney Fortunately only the last is true But losing you still makes us blue We’ll miss having you to tease We’ll miss our jokes about...
| Feb 27, 2012 | Peace / SecurityEvery political season has its hot-button issues. There’s race, abortion, lunar colonies. But the hottest hot-button issue these days, judging from comments by Republican presidential hopefuls as well as what happened during the 2010 mid-term elections, is Islam....
| Feb 13, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyBreaking news: Republicans have found their long-sought alternative to Mitt Romney. Surprisingly, it’s Mitt Romney. Remember the old Mitt Romney? That white-shoe Republican who was all for health care mandates? Who favored reproductive choice and who was no...
