Month: January 2016

(There is a point to this.) In the past 104 years: How many tickets were a Senator (POTUS)/Governor (VP) combination? Name the winning Presidential nominees that had never before held elective office or been out of elective...

There are a couple of firsthand accounts of what happened yesterday out in Oregon and how Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum wound up getting shot and killed. The accounts differ substantially. I’ve seen a lot of emotional...

Back in June 2012, Eric Benson sat down with Michael Dukakis in anticipation for that year’s heated general election campaign. They discussed the role of negative political advertising, and when you’re talking on...

Statement by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the Security Council on the Situation in the Middle East [as delivered] New York, 26 January 2016 Sadly, 2016 has begun much like 2015 ended – with unacceptable levels of...

Oregon standoff spokesman Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum killed, Bundys in custody after shooting near Burns | The Oregonian | BURNS – Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum was killed and other...