Since November 8th, there have been some very interesting chess games going on between the Bush Administration and the incoming Democratic Leadership. Seems that Sen. Harry Reid (incoming Senate Majority Leader) has been none to happy with Bush’s midnight nominations when the Senate is out of session. You know, circumventing the oversight process and all. Robert Novak’s […]

Unable to win Senate confirmation, UN Ambassador John Bolton will step down when his recess appointment expires soon, the White House said Monday. Bolton’s nomination has languished in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for more than a year, blocked by Democrats and several Republicans. Sen. Lincoln Chafee, a moderate Republican who lost in the midterm […]

Whatever one believes, this is not a good tendency for America or American women. The facts are that children born to single mothers are much more likely to live in poverty than those born to married couples. And families headed by single mothers — common these days since far too many single fathers are not […]

David Brooks is a disallusioned Republican giving advice for how the Republican Party could win back his soul. David, dream on. When Republican leaders like McCain, who wants more troops in Iraq and Ginrich who says we should re-visit our first amendment rights (limit free speech), well it may be decades before your former party […]

What a novel idea! I was sitting in the middle of and intersection on a green light hoping to make a quick left turn when our daughter leans over and says hey “did you know it was against to law to sit out in the intersection”. Well no, nobody told me and I didn’t see […]