Politics

Transparent Lies

This has been a week of blatant, transparent lies. First, on Monday, Newcastle United terminated Chris Hughton for lack of "managerial experience." Later that same day, Barack Obama announced that a

Because It Is His Turn

There is an old tradition in GOP presidential politics: the tradition of 'waiting your turn' at a presidential nomination. It's a little like the Oscars. Some actors and actresses

In Other License Plate News...

The effort to produce explicitly Christian license plates in Florida failed.  But the effort by the Sons of Confederate Veterans to have a plate produced in the Sunshine State is going forward following

"I'm Not Running Against Anybody"

Exactly, Mayor Mike.  You are running uncontested.  You bought City Hall.  And as the buyer, you should own it.  The City has fallen on hard times, and you should fall with it.  That&

"It Begins With Energy."

I’ve come here tonight not only to address the distinguished men and women in this great chamber, but to speak frankly and directly to the men and women who sent us here.