Given the date, I thought it would be a good day to go over the differences between the two presidential candidates when it comes to The War on Terror. (If you were hoping that I’d discuss whether or not Senator Obama believes that Governor Palin is a barnyard animal, I’m sorry to disappoint.) [...]

The Supreme Court of the United States today struck down a Washington, DC ban on all handguns. I can’t say it’s one of the worst Supreme Court decisions ever, but it’s surely a bad one–both in content and in language. First, the amendment in question:
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security [...]

What is real patriotism? What does it really meant to “love America”? The pundits and politicians love to ask these questions. But they never answer them directly. Instead, these questions are usually set ups for a classic “bait-and-switch”; they ask about patriotism, but answer about something completely different. So I [...]

I am certainly against the “marriage” amendment to the Constitution, and I have some serious qualms with the anti-abortion amendments that get proposed. But the constitution does need to be amended. I believe that the second amendment ought to be rescinded, and that the gray area between presidential and congressional war powers ought [...]

One of the big issues in this primary season is how the War on Terror should be fought. On the one hand, you have the Democratic candidates, plus Senator McCain and Representative Paul, who believe that the War on Terror is fundamentally a public relations war that the United States can only win by [...]

One of my biggest problems with the Bush presidency is his style. Once you get beyond the bad policies and the incompetent, politically motivated administration, he has the fundamental belief that the president ought to have the right to interpret the laws for himself; to charge forward with his policies and then to maybe [...]

In his press conference this afternoon, President Bush attacked Congress for not moving faster on the nomination of Judge Michael Mukasey for Attorney General. In a baffling statement, President Bush reportedly said that it was improper for Congress to ask the nominee how he feels about interrogation methods on which the nominee has not [...]

“This government does not torture people.”
Or so repeated President Bush a mere twelve days ago, after the New York Times reported that on CIA interrogation methods that sound an awful lot like torture.
And so, in today’s press conference, President Bush was asked how he defined torture. The Commander in Chief made a bold statement [...]

Following James Dobson’s lead, I think it’s time for me to make an election pledge of my own:
1) I will not vote for any candidate who thinks it is ok to torture people–that is, to extract information from prisoners (or “detainees”) through violence and intimidation.
Any candidate who believes that torture is a legitimate activity [...]

In his New York Times blog Dick Cavett describes how he was once targeted by the Nixon Administration. In particular, he testified as a character witness for John Lennon during his deportation hearings. Within the next three years, every single member of his staff was audited by the IRS. The newly released [...]