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True Conservatives Should Be Wary of the Patriot Act
Tweet Share on Facebook February 9, 2011 Comment (6)Memo to the new Republican House majority: Be careful what you wish for.
The House failed this week to approve an emergency extension of parts of the USA Patriot Act, in large part because 26 Republican lawmakers—eight of them freshmen—balked at extending the controversial law. The act, speedily approved by a spooked Congress after the 9/11 attacks, was touted as a way to give authorities more power to conduct surveillance, hopefully thwarting another terrorist attack. But civil libertarians in both parties have since questioned the sections of the law which allow sweeping authority to monitor U.S. citizens, even those not connected to a terrorist group.
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Steelers, Packers, Super Bowl Ads Show America's Best, Worst Sides
Tweet Share on Facebook February 8, 2011 Comment (3)Football, at once about well-crafted strategy and pure brute force, does seem to bring out the best and the worst in American culture. And this year’s season was no exception.
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Bill O'Reilly's Obama Interview Shows Media Irresponsibility
Tweet Share on Facebook February 7, 2011 Comment (110)Bill O’Reilly asked a very revealing question of President Obama during his pre-Super Bowl interview with the chief executive. But the revelation was about O’Reilly and modern media, and not the subject of the interview.
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Redskins' Dan Snyder Is Becoming Pro Sports's Christine O'Donnell
Tweet Share on Facebook February 3, 2011 Comment (5)In this tumultuous time, with unrest in the Middle East, never-ending bickering over a healthcare plan already signed into law, and weather-related hysteria, Washington has a local businessman to thank.
Yes, thank you, Dan Snyder, for providing some comic relief during a very sobering period, and for offering yourself up as a unifying force, a man who can draw ire and ridicule from everyone, regardless of political affiliation or ability to drive in the snow.
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Republican Healthcare Repeal Push Hurts Mitt Romney in 2012
Tweet Share on Facebook February 2, 2011 Comment (13)Mitt Romney might find it a bit awkward to conduct the usual endorsement and strategy meetings with fellow Republicans this campaign season.
Romney hasn’t announced he is running for president, though he has been raising money for months toward that potential jump. But while the former Massachusetts governor starts out with some solid advantages—he has private sector experience, his appeal goes beyond the right wing of his party, and he hasn’t debased himself with a reality TV show—he’s already being undone by Team GOP lawmakers in Washington.
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Egypt Protests Show That Poverty Is a Threat to Global Security
Tweet Share on Facebook February 1, 2011 Comment (7)If the unrest in the Middle East provides a critical lesson to Americans and their representatives in government, it is this: Poverty and income inequality are a threat to global security.
