As the McCain campaign's desperate attempts to paint Barack Obama as all but a "domestic terrorist" have elicited cries of "kill him!" from the lynch mo... *cough* the adoring crowd, McCain's own...
The second presidential debate didn’t explore much new territory, with the candidates repeating talking points over and over. Yet the strongest line of the night went to Barack Obama, when the...
Should McCain defeat Obama in the US Presidential election, the world will descend into a state of mass depression. Political and psychological despair piling on top of the worst global economic...
I have bemoaned the fact that politics these days are all about gloss and image, simple statements and sound bites, with little to no room for complex thought. That it matters more whether a...
I’m not especially versed in politics. I know the basics: things like which amendment grants us the constitutional right to punch dolphins, or who that president was that bit the head off of a bat...
The economic bailout of Wall Street investment banks proposed by the Bush administration is only three pages long. If you click here to read it, you’ll have done more than John McCain apparently...
John McCain waited until after Barack Obama’s speech to make a superbly-timed announcement of his vice-presidential pick. Unfortunately for him, he undermined what were his best arguments against...
Gerry Ford first addressed the country as President after Dick Nixon left office by saying: “My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.” Tuesday night had me thinking the same...
In some Best Western on the campaign trail in Red State America, the Republican Standard Bearer awakens. “Psst,” he says, nudging his wife. “Psst. Cindy? Are you awake?” “John, it’s 4:30...
As I recall, the term “perfect storm” was coined in New England in October 1991, when several storm fronts merged to spectacularly clobber the coastline. Now, the American political system this...