Breaking news - Hillary Eats Burrito BowlsWith the rate people are declaring their runs for the presidency, every man, woman and child in America might decide to jump into the race.I’m not complaining.It’s just an observation.Since Texas Sen. Ted Cruz announced he’s running on March 23, ...
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln.Most Americans regard Lincoln almost mythically as a president universally admired, universally loved.This is baloney, of course. Lincoln was beloved, for sure; but his enemies, including a great many residents of Fayette County, ...
“I have a message, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We have come to take our country back.”Sen. Randal Howard "Rand" Paul, Republican candidate for presidentKentucky’s junior U.S. Senator wants to “take our country back.”Republicans are always wanting to ...
The news item — the story of a death, actually — caused me to shiver.Oh, not right away. I had never heard of Alois Brunner — dead in Damascus, Syria, probably as long as four years ago.But then I read further, and Brunner’s story made my skin crawl. It hit close to home.The story was ...
Words matter.Sometimes the omission of words matter even more.The state of Indiana now has an Ommisioner-in-chief in Gov. Mike Pence.Two Sundays ago, Pence refused to directly answer questions about Indiana’s brand new “Religious Freedom and Restoration Act.”They only required yes or no ...
Ted Cruz, to nobody’s surprise, is running for president.He won’t win. He probably won’t get nominated either.But he’ll manage to tick off lots of people along the way.That seems to be the perpetually-grandstanding, first term Texas senator’s most non-endearing trait.He’s a highly ...