(1 comments) SHARE        Sunday, January 17, 2021
The Trump Presidency in Six Words Unfit, un-American, derelict, complicity, criminality, and carnage. That is the Trump presidency in six words and mercifully it comes to a close on Wednesday at noon.

(1 comments) SHARE        Thursday, September 17, 2020
Trump's Legacy: Lies, Death and a Catastrophic Failure Just as Trump got elected on a false narrative that he was a successful businessman, he is seeking reelection on a false claim to having created the greatest economy in history. Instead, he inherited what would become the longest economic expansion and history and has now lost more jobs than any President in history because of his mishandling of the COVID crisis.

(1 comments) SHARE        Saturday, July 4, 2020
A Somber Yet Hopeful Independence Day: Let Freedom Ring On a somber Fourth of July, we must draw strength from the boldness of our founders in declaring independence against a superpower as we fight to live up to the promise stated in that document.

(1 comments) SHARE        Sunday, December 29, 2019
The Elephant in the Room that Debate Moderators Ignored: America's $2 Trillion Infrastructure Gap Democratic Presidential debate moderators not only overlooked the record budget deficit but the fact that a new President will face a $2 trillion-dollar infrastructure funding gap. While it may not be as sexy as some of the other issues raised during the debates, how the new President will navigate the budget deficit, the infrastructure deficit and address their agenda is something which Democratic voters need to hear.

(1 comments) SHARE        Sunday, December 29, 2019
The 2019 Unicorn Debates: How Moderators Ignored the Political Realities of 2021 The 2019 Democratic debates have overlooked two overriding issues that will present serious challenges for any incoming Democratic President - the makeup of the Senate and a record $1.034 trillion budget deficit.

(9 comments) SHARE        Sunday, September 8, 2019
Donald Trump - President Zero Sending a misspelled tweet ("covfefe") is excusable. Doing nothing when leadership and action are required is not. For that, Donald J. Trump should forever be known as #PresidentZero.

(1 comments) SHARE        Thursday, January 31, 2019
It is Time to Hold Saudi Arabia Accountable on Human Rights, Jailed Activists Need Our Help We honor murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi by keeping the pressure on Saudi Arabia to respect human rights and free imprisoned voices of conscience.

(5 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Three Simple Questions for Voters on Tuesday In this midterm election, as you decide who to vote for or even whether to vote, I ask you to consider three questions.

(1 comments) SHARE        Sunday, June 24, 2018
Raif Badawi and the Myth of Saudi Liberalization While recent Saudi actions such as lifting the ban on women driving suggest liberalization is afoot, the refusal to release jailed blogger Raif Badawi and other actions demonstrates that is not the case.

(8 comments) SHARE        Thursday, July 10, 2014
Tiny Iowa County Takes on the King of Online Defamation Tiny Sac County, Iowa is taking on one of the most hated sites on the Internet - RipOffReport.com according to a recently unsealed search warrant. The 124 page brief accompanying the warrant is a stinging indictment of the online reputation industry that should spur action in states and Washington.

(1 comments) SHARE        Saturday, October 12, 2013
From the Clinton Wars to the New Shut Down Confederates The 2013 shut down of the government by Tea Party Republicans is not an event that just spontaneously sprung up this year, but rather is the result of over twenty years of actions each building on the next that made this conflict predictable if not inevitable.

(1 comments) SHARE        Thursday, July 4, 2013
Wash Post Columnist's Myopic Call to Repeal the Internet Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson's call to repeal the Internet is a myopic embrace of Cyber Amishness. The Internet is transforming people's lives every day, but Samuelson may not appreciate it since his comfortable life was derived from a pre-web world.

SHARE        Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Ten Things to Remember About the Iraq War The tenth anniversary of one the nation's longest and most controversial wars has been a very subdued affair which may be highly appropriate considering that the war only ended on December 31, 2011. We may wish to forget that moment ten years ago when President Bush unleashed "Shock and Awe" on the Iraqi people, since few expected that what would unfold would be such an epic calamity. Yet remember we must.

(1 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Romney, Marx and GOP Brand So when Mitt Romney took the stage in Denver to debate President Obama, this should have been the moment when the former Governor made the conservative case for his agenda. Instead, Romney turned to Marx -- Groucho not Karl -- and adopted the "who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes" approach to questions about his agenda.

(4 comments) SHARE        Sunday, January 8, 2012
Tragedy in Tucson: A Somber Anniversary's Call to Repudiate Right-Wing Extremism Republicans are trying to have it both ways when it comes to its extremist fringe, expressing displeasure over their most outrageous conduct but stoking the mania that fuels it. The anniversary of the shooting of Gabby Giffords and the alarming rise of Ron Paul, give the party an opportunity for a "Sister Souljah moment" that would allow it to break free from a fringe that is hurting it politically.

(2 comments) SHARE        Saturday, November 28, 2009
Rumble in Little Rhody: Patrick Kennedy Takes On The Bishop And The Church's Moral Myopia What message does it send when the Church will deny communion to a pro-choice official like Patrick Kennedy whose voting record is otherwise consistent with church teaching, but not pro-life officials guided by the gospel of greed or intolerance or even mobsters such as the legendary crime boss Raymond Patriarca who was given a Catholic funeral?

(5 comments) SHARE        Saturday, January 31, 2009
President Obama and the Dawn of a New Day While President Obama is certain to disappoint many over the course of his administration, what we must remember is that on a chilly Tuesday the nation came together and beamed with hope and optimism for the future.

(10 comments) SHARE        Sunday, January 4, 2009
The Bush Presidency in Four Words A recent Pew Research Center poll found that the one word Americans used most to describe President Bush was "incompetent." While no compliment, the word fails to convey the condemnation warranted by the last eight years.

SHARE        Sunday, January 4, 2009
A Tribute to Claiborne Pell: Rhode Island's Gentle Giant With Claiborne Pell's death, Rhode Islanders have lost their gentle giant and the nation has lost a distinguished public servant who did more to make us a modern Athens than any other man of his era.

(1 comments) SHARE        Monday, September 1, 2008
McCain's Reckless Choice Coming after his calls for a gas tax holiday and off-shore drilling and shameless invocation of his POW status to deflect any and all criticism, it is evident that Senator McCain views this campaign not as a debate about the greater direction of the country but as a series of stunts designed to distract voters from the real issues.