Rejection of science makes GOP stupid
(03/11/13 2:22am)
“We must stop being the stupid party,” said Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana about his beloved Grand Old Party in a speech to the Republican National Committee.
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Republican Party needs to reform
(02/25/13 3:37am)
Republicans may take solace in a recent Gallup poll that showed 40 percent of Americans identify as conservative, 35 percent as moderate and only 21 percent identify as liberal—but those numbers provide a false sense of comfort.
Florida Republican senator delivers awful union speech
(02/18/13 4:22am)
Marco Rubio, the Republican senator from Florida, delivered his party’s response to President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address of his second term—and it was awful.
Gas taxes not good source for revenue
(02/11/13 3:42am)
Far from the penurious tendencies of his conservative counterparts in other states, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder wants to raise taxes and spend more.
Snyder lays out proposals
(02/11/13 3:02am)
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder laid out his taxing and spending proposals Thursday for the 2014 fiscal year.
If Republicans can’t win with ideas, they cheat
(02/04/13 4:16am)
They say cheaters never win, but Republicans across the country are determined to try.
War not just live version of video games
(01/28/13 4:09am)
Prince Harry of Wales recently compared his experience in active combat to playing video games during an interview with Britain’s Channel 4. The prince is brave to have left a comfortable life for warfare, but it was wrong to compare it to a video game. It reinforces an impression of a perilous situation, that while they may not admit it, many Americans already have of our campaigns in the Middle East.
Each generation better than last
(01/21/13 4:07am)
When my elders start to reminisce about how good things were “back in the day,” I am tempted to remind them that back in their day, there was no cure for polio.
Snyder can’t claim to be moderate
(01/14/13 2:18am)
There was little to do but chuckle as I came upon a past article by The New York Times, “Michigan’s GOP governor defies easy labels,” a hagiography of Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s moderate presence in the state.
Debate on guns needed; more laws a possibility
(01/07/13 2:30am)
People say you shouldn’t politicize tragedies. But you should. Every mass shooting, like the recent Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., is an opportunity to have a conversation about our gun culture. For it is the rare occasion, despite the frequency of these horrors, that you have the public’s attention.
Business tax incentives ineffective
(12/15/12 9:01pm)
The New York Times reported Dec. 3 that U.S. auto manufacturers posted sales had risen 15 percent in November. This year there has been plenty of positive news to report on the American auto industry. In January, it was reported that General Motors, which is headquartered in Detroit, repositioned itself as the top auto manufacturer in the world.
Right to Work will weaken union power
(12/10/12 12:27am)
Was it the political miscalculation made by Michigan’s labor movement to forward an amendment to the state’s Constitution that ultimately failed?
Snyder improves MI economy
(12/03/12 2:04am)
I was disappointed early into Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration, which started in January 2011. He said he wanted to “reinvent” the state.
Black Americans and politics
(11/26/12 12:21am)
Representative Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., resigned from Congress Wednesday. His letter of resignation to Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, cited his poor health and treatment for bipolar disorder at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
Get money out of politics: Cost to elect president was around $6 billion
(11/12/12 12:51am)
The election season is over and by estimates from the Center for Responsive Politics, it cost $6 billion to elect our president. Records from the International Monetary Fund show that is more than the gross domestic product of several small nations like Grenada, Malawi and Belize.
Why is fair pay a controversy?
(11/05/12 2:58am)
The most inept comment to come from a Republican official this election season wasn’t from Richard Mourdock, the Senate candidate in Indiana, or from Todd Akin, a candidate in Missouri, both of whom made outlandish comments about rape. Women’s health wasn’t the issue either.
Obama should steal Romney’s idea to limit deductions
(10/29/12 2:03am)
“Senator Clinton has a different approach,” said the slender Chicagoan to the Stepford Wife.
Why I will never identify with Republicans
(10/21/12 11:16pm)
I voted for Gov. Rick Snyder, a Republican, in 2010. Should he decide to run for reelection in 2014, I will reaffirm my support. I also think estate taxes should be abolished and the individual mandate included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 was a conservative approach to healthcare policy that can be appreciated.
Capitalism is broken: Poor becoming serfs
(10/15/12 1:30am)
There is a problem in this country that neither the incumbent president nor the new contender for the presidency seems prepared to address: American capitalism doesn’t work. It hasn’t worked properly for decades, but now it is even more so out of whack.
Obama chuckles at weed
(10/08/12 1:29am)
Often before more youthful crowds when the question of marijuana legalization arises, President Barack Obama displays an annoying habit: He chuckles.
