Disney and Georgia
Let’s begin with two news items. First, in June the Walt Disney Co. will open a new, $5.5 billion theme park in Shanghai, China. China is a great place to make money, but it’s also the land of systema...
Bernie Sanders Plan to Switch Superdelegates
As the Bernie Sanders campaign accepts the reality that securing enough votes at this point to win the Democratic nomination outright is impossible, it has moved on to a new phase in its long-shot bid...
Surveillance of Muslim communities?
Surveillance in Muslim communities is indispensable for defeating terrorism. With no hope of winning an argument on the facts, demagogues resort to the argument ad hominem. Too often, it works. And in...
Muslim Suicide Attacks Christians
Pakistanis Hunt Militants Behind Blast That Killed at Least 70 Pakistani authorities on Monday hunted members of a Taliban faction which once declared loyalty to Islamic State after the group claimed...
Superdelegates May Switch to Bernie Sanders
After three big wins out west, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said he thinks many of the party's superdelegates who have pledged to rival Hillary Clinton will switch to his side. "I t...
Trained for European Wave of Bloodshed
ISIS Trains 400 Fighters To Attack Europe In Wave Of Bloodshed By The Associated Press - March 23, 2016 The Islamic State group has trained at least 400 fighters to target Europe in deadly waves of at...
A Contested Convention?
Why a Contested Convention Favors Cruz By Eliana Johnson — March 23, 2016 Meet Curly Haugland, former chairman of the North Dakota Republican party and current Republican national committeeman. Hau...
No Intention of Deportation
A top Homeland Security official told Border Patrol agents the Obama administration has “no intention of deporting” many of the illegal immigrants caught trying to sneak into the country, ordering ins...
Response to George Will on Supreme Court Nomination
In his latest column, George Will charges that Senate Republicans have had an “incoherent response to the Supreme Court vacancy” that “is a partisan reflex in search of a justifying principle.” But it...
George Will on Supreme Court Nomination
The Republican party’s incoherent response to the Supreme Court vacancy is a partisan reflex in search of a justifying principle. The multiplicity of Republican rationalizations for their refusal to e...
Not So Moderate: Merrick Garland
As the White House prepares to choose a nominee for the Supreme Court, they are continuing to suggest that they might nominate a supposed “moderate.” But Garland has a long record, and, among other...
Why are liberals never the swing votes on the Supreme Court?
President Obama has announced Judge Merrick Garland, chief judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, as his Supreme Court nominee to replace the recently deceased conservative icon Jus...
