by altha-admin | Dec 23, 2012 | Articles
It's tough being House Speaker. John Boehner has to be the standard bearer for the national party, for his caucus, yet he also has to work out comprehensive compromises in order to get anything done. This task has gone from really difficult to just plain...
by altha-admin | Dec 23, 2012 | Articles
The Republican Party nationwide did not do well November 6th. The New England GOP did especially poorly. Massachusetts and Rhode Island GOP lost more seats from their very dwindled numbers in the statehouse. Frankly, the GOP had a bad night in part because the...
by altha-admin | Dec 23, 2012 | Articles
For me, Christmas time has sometimes been the best of times and the worst of times. When I was three, my family stayed in a home outside of Lake Isabella. It was cold! I remember the huge canvases of snow all over, but the rest of that year remains a blank. The best...
by altha-admin | Dec 23, 2012 | Articles
Katrina Vanden Heuvel is not my favorite "talking head" on ABC's "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos. Yet two points that she has made have gotten my attention and increased my measured respect for writers and commentators on the right. This...
by altha-admin | Dec 23, 2012 | Articles
EJ Dionne’s faith in Republicans’ need to refresh and reinvent their image is welcome. Immigration reform and decriminalization will assist this shift toward the center. Dionne’s argument that Republicans have pursued “insidious” anti-democratic measures in Michigan...
by altha-admin | Dec 23, 2012 | Articles
To the Evangelical Voters of the GOP: The Republican Party has turned into a brand of white, Christian country club. A political party has no right to co-opt spiritual affiliations. The name of God is too great to be dragged through the worldly interests of...
