Month: November 2015

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The Republicans would have to be nuts to nominate Marco Rubio. His credit cards are probably the least of his ethical problems, but they’re enough on their own to...

In my admittedly limited experience talking to Iraqis over the years, I’ve come to believe that most of that country’s citizens didn’t foresee the kind of sectarian bloodshed that followed the invasion of Iraq....

Get ready for Helen Gym. She’s now a member of the Philadelphia City Council. With the election of Democrats Jim Kenney as mayor and Helen Gym to City Council on Tuesday, there is a new dynamic at City Hall regarding...

I’m kind of laughing at the people of Kentucky right now. What can I really say? I guess it’s “Good luck with that, suckers.”

I live in Monroe County, NY. It includes a primarily Democratic core city (Rochester) with a hub of more conservative, Republican leaning suburbs. The election was for local offices, County Executive (quite powerful), District...