Wake up and smell the Clintons
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Category Archives: Opinion
Ruth: The best news for Hillary Clinton is Donald Trump
Write something critical of Donald Trump and prepare yourself for on onslaught of angry emails complaining: "Well, yeah, sure, but what about that crooked liar Hillary Clinton?" Conversely, pen a negative piece about Clinton, and just as reliable as a returning Capistrano swallow, you can rest assured of getting a full froth of: "Well, yeah, sure, but what about that nutball Donald Trump?" as if there is a perfectly balanced 50-50 equivalency of craziness on the campaign trail. As we approach the Democratic and Republican conventions this month, the national political discourse has devolved into a vigorous debate over which candidate to hold the highest office in the land is less of a conniving, duplicitous dolt than the other camp.
Detroit Free Press: When the House stood up by sitting down
But to dismiss the sit-in by House Democrats [two weeks ago] is to dismiss the genuine anguish and frustration among those who advocate sensible gun regulation. It is to dismiss the harm done to America, and Americans, by the gun lobby and the proliferation of firearms it has encouraged.
America’s killing fields
People write messages in chalk on the road outside the governor's residence during a demonstration in St. Paul, Minn., on Thursday. Philando Castile was shot and killed after a traffic stop by police in Falcon Heights, Minn., on Wednesday night.
Tales of Congressman Davy Crocketta s exploits
While folklore about Davy Crockett is filled with stories of courage and daring, it's Horatio Bunce, a respectable farmer in the Tennessee district represented by Crockett in Congress - at least in the version found in Edward S. Ellis' biography about the larger-than-life "King of the Wild Frontier" - who's the hero of this story. Ellis recounts how Crockett and several congressmen in their sympathy for victims of a fire that occurred near Washington on a cold winter's night not only scurried to the scene and helped extinguish the blaze but also supported rushing a $20,000 appropriation through Congress the following morning to aid the victims.
House GOP embarrasses itself grilling FBI director
FBI Director James Comey says Hillary Clinton will not be prosecuted for using a private email server while she was secretary of state despite being 'extremely careless' in handling classified information. FBI Director James Comey says Hillary Clinton will not be prosecuted for using a private email server while she was secretary of state despite being 'extremely careless' in handling classified information.
A theory why FBI director let Clinton off the hook
Why did he do it? FBI director James Comey spent 14 minutes laying out an unassailable case for prosecuting Hillary Clinton for the mishandling of classified material. Then at literally the last minute, he recommended against prosecution.
Who is responsible for killing men and women in blue? Letter writer blames Obama, media
Speaking from Warsaw July 8, 2016, President Barack Obama addressed the shooting in Dallas that left five police officers dead and several others wounded the night before. Speaking from Warsaw July 8, 2016, President Barack Obama addressed the shooting in Dallas that left five police officers dead and several others wounded the night before.
Mudslinging not serving the interests of First District Kansans
If politics is an ugly game, then there will be few games uglier than the race for U.S. House of Representatives for Kansas' Big First district.
Islam Needs a Reformation
Islamic terrorism has become the single biggest threat to stability in the world. Attacks killing many hundreds have occurred over the past 18 months in Bangladesh, Turkey, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Egypt, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, France, the United States and elsewhere.
Hillary: Guilty as Not Charged
It's no mere academic question: Do we believe in the rule of law anymore? Are we a nation of laws or of men? The cherished idea of the rule of law in our system is about everyone's being subject to the law in equal measure. The law, including criminal law, applies even to our political leaders.
Montesquieu Saw It Coming
Any student of the American Revolution and the critical period that followed it will recognize the name Montesquieu, and the role he played in shaping our Constitution. He was cited early and often by the Founders, as well he should have been.
Is Hillary Morally Unfit to Be President?
Does Hillary Clinton possess the integrity and honesty to be president of the United States? Or are those quaint and irrelevant considerations in electing a head of state in 21st-century America? These are the questions put on the table by the report from FBI Director James Comey on what his agents unearthed in their criminal investigation of the Clinton email scandal. Clinton dodged an FBI recommendation that she be indicted for gross negligence in handling U.S. security secrets, a recommendation that would have aborted her campaign.
The Speech James Comey Should Have Given
Someone should have told FBI Director James Comey that when you're peeing on someone's shoes, and you both know that you're peeing on their shoes, you're only going to make things worse by telling them that it's raining. There were probably people in this country who seriously thought that Hillary Clinton would be indicted because of the overwhelming evidence against her in the private server scandal.
Hillary’s Scam Vs. Donald’s Scam
As I write this, Hillary Clinton's harsh voice is crackling as she excoriates Donald Trump on the TV in the next room. She condemns Trump's business dealings as just one "scam" after another and warns that, if Trump became president, he would pull "the same old scam" again--but this time on the entirety of the American people.
Two deaths in two days: What will it take to prevent these shootings?
A makeshift memorial at the site of the police shooting of Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minn. FOR THE second time in as many days, Americans were reeling from searing images of a black man dying after being shot by police.
Scaremongering over voting rights restoration in Virginia
Virginia House Speaker William J. Howell listens to debate in the House of Delegates in Richmond in January 2015. IN APRIL, Gov. Terry McAuliffe ordered voting rights restored to 206,000 ex-convicts in Virginia, a move in line with similar recent reforms in more than 20 states that have lifted the stigma of disenfranchisement from citizens who have served their sentences and paid their debts to society.
America is being led by a bunch of sore losers
Donald Trump has advertised that he plans to bring back winning. America will win so much, he says, that we'll get "tired of winning ."
Trump, trade and workers
Donald Trump gave a speech on economic policy last week. Just about every factual assertion he made was wrong, but I'm not going to do a line-by-line critique.
An opportunity for Alaskans to start momentum in 2016 — vote Libertarian
Presidential elections typically elicit cantankerous, but harmless, vinegar for the "other side's" candidate. The 2016 election cycle, however, has been more vitriol than vinegar.