Month: February 2013

How the GOP Cookie Crumbles

According to reporting by Katrina Trinko of National Review, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told one member during a closed-door conference yesterday that they had to allow a vote on the Senate version of the Violence Against...

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The Good and Bad of VAWA Vote

To say that I am concerned and alarmed at what I see happening to the Republican Party in DC would be a gross understatement. You might be welcoming the news that the House of Representatives finally reauthorized the Violence...

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Did Nikki Haley Kill Climate Study?

John Frampton was the head of South Carolina’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) until he resigned in March 2012. Shortly thereafter, the release of a study he championed regarding the effects of climate change on...

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America Will You Ever Learn? R.I.P. Marco McMillian

Body of Murdered Gay Mayoral Candidate Found in Mississippi (Adcocate.com) – Coahoma County coroner Scotty Meredith reported that investigators believe they have located the body of gay mayoral candidate Marco McMillian....

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Watching the Death Throes

The following is an excerpt from page 267 of my 2005 edition of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals, a book which formed the basis for the movie Lincoln. The setting is the 1860 presidential campaign, shortly after...

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