Senator John Ensign, Republican of Nevada was a vociferous opponent of the Healthcare Reform Law. Now he has written a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius begging for grant money for the University of Nevada School of Medicine. These grants are in the Healthcare Reform Bill that Senator Ensign voted against. […]

It is true that Tea Party followers will be disappointed with the outcome of the Republicans they elected. I think deep down inside their souls they were well aware of it. Hate is a mental disorder. Hate is a form of insanity. The problem is that the Tea Party followers were so riled up by […]

The United States is currently at an impasse. Since the Great Depression we have had recessions from which we have always recovered. The pathway to middleclass growth has been undeniable. Policies that clearly laid the groundwork for the Great Depression were corrected with regulations like the Glass Steagall Act and others. We had a progressive […]

Many seem to be discounting the next two years of the Obama presidency as if lack of any new initiatives would make it a failed presidency. It should be noted that the President in his first 18 months accomplished more than many presidents have accomplished in 8 years. I think he will simply be happy […]

While Mitch McConnell was excoriating Democrats for telling then President Bush that he needed to start withdrawing from Iraq, he was busy begging President Bush to withdraw troops from Iraq simply for political expediency. The hypocrisy of this stance is not surprising as hypocrisy is typical with most politicians whether they are Democrats or Republicans. […]

America – He’s Your President for Goodness Sake! By William Thomas Posted: Friday, October 1st, 2010 There was a time not so long ago when Americans, regardless of their political stripes, rallied round their president. Once elected, the man who won the White House was no longer viewed as a republican or democrat, but the […]

I continue to wonder why George Bush came out with his memoirs especially now given that his failed presidency is still raw in people’s psyche. You would think that he would at least have dotted his “I”s and crossed his “T”s. An implicit confession of being a war criminal by authorizing waterboarding without the ability […]

Jon Stewart was on Rachel Maddows show last night and continuously try pass himself off as simply a comedian and not a commentator or journalist. He is right on both counts. It is telling of the state of our news media that a comedian/satirist is better at articulating the shear stupidity and inconsistency of what […]

While the middleclass fight among themselves, Washington is one big family behind closed doors that maintain incestuous relationships devoid of party loyalties. It is for this reason that we should never have a loyalty to party but to policy. At this point in time the Democratic Party’s policies are in the best interest of the […]

Van Jones hits it on the nail. If Progressives want progressive policies effected which is implicitly the desire of most Americans, then they must force the President to do it out of fair of the base. Sadly if our base does not vote, then he has no incentive to placate the base but to attempt […]