Category: Politics

September 5, 2011

Five Things I Hate About Labor Unions

Filed under: Economics,Politics - 05 Sep 2011

This Labor Day weekend, liberal union leaders throughout the country will likely be askings, “What is that conservatives have against unions?” The popular culture preaches their virtues, yet conservatives have stood firm in opposing union excesses, and clash constantly with …

August 17, 2011

Religion in Politics: What Matters

Filed under: Christianity,Politics - 17 Aug 2011

 

Sunday morning religion wasn’t limited to churches this past week. NBC’s David Gregory spent the last third of his interview with GOP Presidential Candidate Michele Bachmann asking about her personal views on such issues …

July 23, 2011

Intervention: A Political Satire

Filed under: Politics,Satire - 23 Jul 2011

Editorial Note: It is rare that my interest in politics and my fiction writing interest intersect. However, the current political debate provided inspiration for this satire about a family intervention with a beloved Uncle with a serious problem.

“So, what …

July 15, 2011

The Real Lessons of the Government Shutdown

Filed under: Politics - 15 Jul 2011

In light of the debt ceiling debate, many are warning that a failure to raise the debt ceiling which leads defaults or to a partial government shutdown would be a political catastrophe for Republicans and call to mind the . …

July 12, 2011

Obama Playing Political Games With the Debt Ceiling

Filed under: Politics - 12 Jul 2011

Let us be clear here on the debt ceiling. President Obama’s call for Republicans to raise taxes is a political and ideological maneuver.

The reason Obama is calling for tax increases is not because it is strictly mathematically necessary to raise …

July 11, 2011

Let There Be South California

Filed under: Politics - 11 Jul 2011

From the LA Times:
The 51st state should be named South California, says Jeff Stone, a Republican on the the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. But the proposed 13 southern California counties that would split off from the Golden State would …

June 26, 2011

The Paparazzi and the Press

Filed under: Politics - 26 Jun 2011

The New York Daily News shares some candid photos of disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner and his wife and also include the “observerers” (read: blood-sucking gossip who can’t mind their own business.) statement on how the couple were interacting.

Memo to the …

May 20, 2011

Judicial Filibusters Make Hypocrites of Us All…

Filed under: Politics - 20 May 2011

From People for the American Way:
Later today, the Senate will hold a vote to end the filibuster against Goodwin Liu, President Obama’s nominee to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2005, when a handful of President Bush’s nominees …

May 19, 2011

Chris Matthews: Guilty of Incorrect Marxism

Filed under: Politics - 19 May 2011

Newsbusters performs a valuable service by keeping track of media bias and serious errors, but sometimes their alerts get just a little bit silly:
During his umpteenth day in a row bashing Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews …

The Real Default Deniers

Filed under: Politics - 19 May 2011

The conversation about the debt ceiling has taken an entirely different turn.

At the start of the year, most of us thought, “The Debt Ceiling will have to be raised or the country will go into default.”

Frosh Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa) …

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