There are 87 TEA Party congressional representatives out of 435 members in the house. 20%. Although they make up less than a third of the Republican side of the aisle, without them, the Grand Ol’ Party doesn’t have enough votes to beat the Democrats. They amount to what has become either a tumor on the [...]
Music fans suffered an eerie sense of deja vu last week with the tragic death of Amy Winehouse at 27. I remember back in 1994 writing a piece about rock’s “Curse of 27″ following the death of grunge god Kurt Cobain. It seems every generation watches a bright light flame out. The boomers –who claimed [...]
If Obama let it be known in no uncertain terms that he would veto any bill that cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid by one penny (as most Americans agree with), the Tea Party would capitulate. If the fiscal conservatives really cared about paying the mortgage on the national debt that they are guilty of creating with their starve the beast policy, they would agree to generating more revenue by taxing the rich and corporations. Now is precisely the time to take the fight to them.
John Boehner, after fumbling with the starting pistol, and apparently shooting himself in the foot, seems to have managed to fire a shot heard around the world; even if it was more like a fart in the wind than the blast of a canon. Another day of delay on a bill that was nothing more [...]
It seems like an old, all too familiar, story. You begin a new relationship. You have goals that you share, and a whole life ahead of you to pursue and perfect them. You forge a path together. You provide support through the process of gaining an education and establishing some financial security. Then, just when [...]
