December 2, 2021

Beto O'Rourke's Mysterious Woman

Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke recently announced his candidacy for governor of Texas against incumbent Greg Abbott after the former's failed campaigns for U.S. Senate in 2018 and president in 2020.  One issue that has fol...

March 11, 2021

My talks with Rush Limbaugh, patriot and hero

As the first month after the passing of radio icon Rush Limbaugh is approaching, here are some personal words and memories about Rush. Back in 2006, John Murtha was trying to become House majority leader.  I had uncovered the infamous Mu...

October 28, 2017

The slippery Senator Corker

Recently, Tennessee senator Bob Corker has been at odds with most of his colleagues in the Senate as well as the president.  His opposition to some key policies has led to verbal fireworks between himself and Trump, including on tax re...

October 4, 2015

The Pope, the Councilwoman, and the Unrepentant Terrorist

Back in 1999, President Bill Clinton committed a brazen, outrageous, and controversial act.  He offered clemency to 16 violent Puerto Rican nationalists, including 12 members of the notorious FALN (Armed Forces of National Liberation). ...

July 2, 2013

Eric Holder and the Fugitives: Marc Rich and Edward Snowden

The recent passing of Marc Rich, the billionaire commodities trader and former fugitive brings back a specter from Attorney General Eric Holder's past, and leaves open a question of just how Mr. Holder might deal with today's most...

April 4, 2013

Sanitizing Mel Weinberg and the Horrors of Abscam

A thirty year-old scandal is suddenly new again, as a film is currently being produced in Hollywood about Abscam, the FBI sting operation that resulted in one senator and six members of the House of Representatives being convicted of bribery and cons...

March 2, 2012

Connecting the Dots on Fast and Furious

When Eric Holder testified last December before the House Judiciary Committee about the Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal, he proclaimed in his opening statement that the Justice Department had been "fully cooperative and responsive in its dealing...

December 4, 2011

The Ethics of Eric Holder

When Attorney General Eric Holder recently testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about his role in the Fast and Furious operation, where 2,000 rifles were deliberately "walked" from the United States into Mexico, his answers at times seemed...

October 7, 2011

Fast and Furious in a Rotten Nutshell

The latest in a series of revelations in the ongoing saga of the Fast and Furious scandal -- where more than 2,000 rifles were knowingly and willfully allowed to be transported untracked from the United States into Mexico -- is truly stunning. A se...