One More Thought on Berman-Sherman

Junior Congressman Brad Sherman won the new 30th District, despite the line-up of the entire Democratic Congressional Delegation, plus a few Republican Senators who supported the elder statesman Howard Berman. What happened? Geography and local legacy happened, and...

The Puritans' Biggest Mistake

The Puritans influenced the history and culture of the United States in  many ways. The Puritan ethic of Original Sin indicated that man, for all of his good intentions or good ideas, cannot escape from a deprave venality which deprives even the best of us of the...

On Allen's Comments about Obama "Down to the Wire"

Mr. Allen contends that a reelected President Obama will continue the "successful" policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Unemployment topped off at 25% during the Roosevelt years – and he wants President Obama to implement those “regressive” policies...

Father Against Son — Mother Against Daughter?

"For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house. "Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation:...

About John Nichols Take on "Ryan's Bad Election Day"

John Nichols’ empty calumny against Congressman Paul Ryan is was neither truth-conscious nor fact-based. The Romney-Ryan ticket did not lose “decisively”. Obama won by a slimmer margin that in 2008, with a divided Congress still waiting for leadership. President Obama...

One More Thought on the Petraus Resignation

Bill Clinton was indicted for lying to a grand jury about his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Former Congressman Anthony Weiner took illicit videos of himself, which forced his resignation.  US Senate candidates Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock...