May 7, 2013

The Benghazi Big Lie

Tomorrow, Congressman Darrell Issa, the president's bête noire, will hold additional hearings on the assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. He claims to have whistleblowers who will testify and add critical context to the events of September 11, ...

January 12, 2013

The elephant in the living room in the gun control debate

Hush. Do you hear it? I can hear a pin drop. There is an almost absolute silence in  discussion of the root causes of  the gun violence that has traumatized so many. On the front pages and in the corridors of power so far it has been a o...

October 5, 2012

A Disengaged President

There has been a strange turn of events in the last few weeks as we have learned more about the political and personal isolation the president has created for himself.  In Bob Woodward's latest book, The Price of Politics, Woodward describes a p...

September 12, 2012

9/11 - The International Day of Jihad

On 9/11/12, somehow the existence of an unknown movie provoked the worst sort of protests and the U.S. Ambassador to Libya was pulled out of his car, dragged through the streets, and brutally murdered. The video has gone viral throughout the Middle E...

September 11, 2012

Chicago Teacher's Strike Defines Election Issues

Members of the Chicago Teacher's Union have gone on strike, shutting down the third largest school district in the country with over 404,000 students now in disarray. Chicago's teachers have the highest average salary in the country at $76,000/year a...