Here's my understanding of how we got ourselves in this current fix with extremist Jihadis. It all started with the Russian invasion/occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s. The CIA opposed this move by the USSR and decided to raise an opposition army in the middle-east --- by approaching our ally, Saudi Arabia, and asking them to inspire their citizens to go wage war in Afghanistan. The logic ...
The extremists on the American right, still suffering from Obama Derangement Syndrome, are now blaming our president for the terrorist attack in Paris. Why, you might ask yourself, would they do that? What motivation could there be for such an outrageous accusation? On what basis would the wing-nuts reach such a laughable conclusion? It seems that the major contributing factor in Obama's "gu ...
According to many war hawks, like John McCain and Lindsay Graham, Putin has been aggressive in Ukraine because Obama showed weakness a year ago by not bombing Syria. Well, that could be an attractive position if not for the fact that a few years earlier Putin also was acting out aggressively in the neighboring country of Georgia. He invaded Georgia at the same time that the Bush/Cheney administr ...
Many of us remember clearly the 1960s and the Civil Rights movement. Most of us remember that there were a lot of white faces joined with black ones in the demonstrations and voter registration drives. And, we know that white Americans died alongside black Americans in the Civil Rights era. That difficult period made our nation stronger: we showed that America stands for big ideas and fairness ...
What is an abortion? We can start with the definition of a natural "spontaneous abortion" or miscarriage. According to MedicineNet.com: "Miscarriage: Inadvertent loss of a pregnancy before the fetus is viable. A considerable proportion of pregnancies end in miscarriage. Also known as spontaneous abortion." A spontaneous abortion, or miscarriage, is a common occurrence in pregnancy. Fo ...
Is the Hobby Lobby decision by the Supreme Court just a minor tweek to the Affordable Care Act, as Justice Alito alleges? Is it a moral victory for the religious right and the pro-life activists? Is it a strike for religious freedom, as conservatives across the nation assert? The left condemns the decision as a blow to the ACA and to women's reproductive rights. Many see a slippery slope for ...
The GOP is deliberately trying to tank the economy. We've held off making this declaration, but sadly the GOP's accumulated actions all finally add up to this realization --- The GOP doesn't want the economy to recover under a Democratic President. And we can't continue to give the GOP a pass on their multiple attempts to slow the growth of the American economy. For the past 5 years we've r ...
The Grand Old Party just can't seem to get out of it's own way. And it's not as if they don't know what they need to do to regain the trust of the American electorate, they do! Following the Romney 2012 loss, the Republican Party conducted a study that they called an "Autopsy" on just where the party stands and where they need to go to improve their image with the American people. And, "Autopsy ...
In what can only be described as an incredibly exciting moment in our history, the governors of 8 states have just announced that they have agreed to standardize their efforts to put 3.3 million zero emissions cars on the roads by 2025. "This is not just an agreement, but a serious and profoundly important commitment," said California Governor Jerry Brown. "From coast to coast, we're chargin ...
President Obama is often accused of not demonstrating leadership. He is said to be aloof by not reaching out to the Republicans in Congress and inviting them the White House to schmooze. You see, according to the GOP meme, "He just isn't up to the job of being president." So, of course, the fact that politics isn't working in D.C. is all President Obama's fault ... right? Because the Republ ...