Republicans and Blacks

If Senator John McCain needed to prove that he is a real Republican, he did it when he continued an old Republican tradition of utterly inept attempts to appeal to black voters. Senator McCain was booed at a recent memorial on the anniversary of the assassination of...

Random Thoughts

Random thoughts on the passing scene: Most of the problems of this country are not nearly as bad as the “solutions” — especially the solutions that politicians come up with during election years. Some people actually think that televising Congress...

The Poverty Hype

The psychology of victimhood and the politics of envy are powerful political tools and we see them being exploited this political season. Politicians telling Americans how bad off we are reminds me of one of Aesop’s Fables where a dog was carrying a piece of...