Bowen and California’s Depression

Debra BowenSecretary of State Debra Bowen (D-Redondo Beach) has been suffering from a deep depression, according to staff reports, and has neglected her elected duties for years because of her illness. Only recently did the press report on her condition. There is...

GOP 2014: Wave or Wash?

On Townhall.com, two contributors contend that the Republican Party will have a wave election in 2014, or they will not. The Boston Globe's Jeff Jacoby says no:  Jeff Jacoby It's a sweet dream. But don't count on seeing it come true. One can forgive...

Barack Obama Before the Presidency

Bobby Rush (D-Illinois, First District) Barack Hussein Obama has kept tight raps on his past, but technology escapes the ready grasp of politicians keeping the past from become present (here, now, and available) His political past had some interesting turns and...

The Socialist Sophistry of Bernie Sanders

Taxation in Sanders' terms: "Ask the rich to pay more" Listening to Socialist US Senator Bernie Sanders talk about wealth redistribution, he gives the impression that government intervention and taxation is a voluntary proposal. In his debate with...

Redux: Bernie Sanders v. Michele Bachmann

Bachmann Blitzed Sanders Before his first stint on "Meet the Press" Independent US Senator (and democratic socialist) Bernie Sanders had tested out his liberal populism campaign rhetoric earlier this year, but Congresswoman and former Presidential...