“Strict constructionist” and alleged defender of the Constitution, Senator Lindsey Graham, recently suggested that the second suspect in the Boston Marathon Bombings need not be burdened with Miranda rights or a trial in our regular legal system. No one should be surprised that… Read full post »

Last week when the Senate voted down sensible and popular legislation for background checks on gun purchases, all of my fears were put into perspective. This coincided with a week full of fear after the tragic bombings in Boston and subsequent lock-down. As the dust settles, it is time to have a… Read full post »

Dear Armchair Pundits:

When you post the latest poll numbers and provide us with your analysis, what you say might mean less than you would like. This is especially true when the poll you cite has a difference between Obama and Romney that is equal to or within the margin of… Read full post »

Despite our dangerous flirtation with runaway global warming and the ongoing acidification of the oceans, our two potential "leaders" said nothing about climate change in any of the three debates. This is the first time in 24 years that climate change wasn’t mentioned, even though the rate o… Read full post »

Depending on their political slant, many talking heads in the news seemed either shocked or gleeful in light of the recent news that the presidential race is heating up. According to the latest polls, President Obama and Governor Romney are tied. It is obviously too early to say that the performance… Read full post »

I logged into Facebook this morning and was amazed at how many people commented about last night’s debate with a swaggering confidence only matched by that of a TV pundit. As a former pollster, paid campaign worker, and someone who has taken graduate-level campaign management courses from one o… Read full post »

Something bizarre happened on Friday when I visited Washington, DC. As I was headed to a cigar store in Union Station to stock up for a bachelor party later that night, I realized I was right next door to Bistro Bis, a restaurant where I worked as an undergraduate at Georgetown/… Read full post »

So, I just read an article about a new Congressional effort for a student loan forgiveness package.  It just so happened that while looking for my student loan information for today's meeting with our banker (to show I repaid off both of my loans early), I found a long-lost… Read full post »

The most listened-to woman in political talk radio, Laura Ingraham, recently aimed her crosshairs at me when she accused me of “Catholic-bashing.”  In contrast to the picture Ingraham paints, I received a great number of thoughtful and emotional emails and comments from readers who w… Read full post »

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Catholic apologist G.K. Chesterton wrote in Orthodoxy that the "essence of every picture is the frame."  In recent weeks, the religious right has attempted to frame their opposition to birth control access in the language of religious freedom.  If “this struggle for religious… Read full post »

While I laud Georgetown University President John DeGioia’s recent call to civility in light of rabid right-wing attacks on a Georgetown law student, we must not forget how uncivil the Catholic anti-contraception position is. In some parts of the world, it continues to cause more human suf… Read full post »