The Race Is On: The Real Skinny On The Week In Republican Politics

The race is on. The past week has seen something that is almost unprecedented in American politics. The race to succeed an incumbent president in his first term by members of his own party began in earnest. Republicans cannot be accused of not reacting when they smell blood in the water. They...

Recapping One Of The Most Important Days In Recent American History

Win Or Lose: The Republican Party And President Trump Are Losers On Tuesday

Whether or not Judge Roy Moore wins or loses the Senatorial election in Alabama this week, the national Republican Party and President Trump are going to wake up on Wednesday morning the big losers in the election. Can Roy Moore win the election? All signs say yes. One way or the other the race...

Win Or Lose: Tuesday's Election Is A Nightmare For Trump And The Republicans

Let's put Judge Moore's alleged pedophilia and general creepiness in trying to date teenage girls aside for one moment. Those accusations are going to stick with the Republican Party and the President regardless of the result of the election. There is little doubt that the midterm elections will...

With The Reality Of A Multi-Inhabited Universe, What Is The Likelihood That Our Vision Of God Is Accurate?

The Real Issue At Hand Isn't Sex, It's Power

As we draw our partisan conclusions about Al Franken, Roy Moore, John Conyers, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, and Blake Farendthold, let's not get wrapped up in left and right, republican and democrat, or any other political designation. The issues we should be talking about here aren't whether...

How Low Can We Go?

John Conyers has resigned. That was good. Not for the Democratic party but for the nation. Representative Conyers isn't the only one, however. Our government is rife with people for whom the evidence is overwhelming that they have either been sexual harassers or sexual predators. That includes...

When Will This Insanity End?

I'll promise never to bitch about why Donald Trump won the election in 2016 again. He won. The democrats lost. That is now ancient history. The fight isn't over the popular vote or the electoral college. That may be a fight for the future. The fight isn't over Hillary Clinton versus Donald...

The Next Time Someone Identifies Themselves As A Conservative, This Is How To Gently Bring Them Back To Reality

The final nail has been driven into the coffin of American Conservatism with the passage of the Senate's latest "tax reform" bill. As a liberal, I spent my life debating true conservatives about our differing points of view. We rarely came to agreement but we were able to respect each other's...