It’s spring, and the sap is running.

It’s also an election year.

That means hysterical rightwing gun monkey Ted “Did anyone see where I misplaced my music career?” Nugent has his saps running.

During his visit to the National Rifle Association convention,… Read full post »

In the 1962 suspense masterpiece “The Manchurian Candidate,” flaming rightwing Senator John Yerkes Iselin (played by the late James Gregory) repeatedly claimed that the government was jam-packed with card-carrying commies.

In one scene at their dinner table, his manipula… Read full post »

John Demjanjuk is dead.  He was 91 years old. 

In 2010, the man who came to be known as ‘Ivan the Terrible’ and the subject of the most protracted war crimes case in history went on trial in Germany for mass murder committed before most people alive today… Read full post »

Since Friday, March 9, 2012, more than 190 rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip, striking major population centers in southern Israel. Taking into account the range of these missiles, more than 1,000,000 Israelis are living under the threat of rocket fire.

The Popular Res… Read full post »

The nation – at least those Americans who care about such things – have been wondering how the young murderer who gunned down three students in cold blood at a high school in Ohio could have gotten his hands on the weapon.

17-year-old T.J. Lane was able… Read full post »

When Rush Limbaugh labeled Georgetown University Law School student Sandra Fluke, who testified on Capitol Hill about contraception a “prostitute” and a “slut,” he should have thought it through before opening his gelatinous pie hole.

In case you've been … Read full post »

During Stephen Colbert’s biting presentation at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner, the humorist declared, “…though I am a committed Christian, I believe that everyone has the right to their own religion, be you Hindu, Jewish or Muslim. I believe ther… Read full post »

I've been thinking a lot about Newt Gingrich's claim that the Palestinians are an “invented people.”

My first response was emotional. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized he was right.

However, Gingrich wasn’t 'right' in the way he intended.

The… Read full post »

What movie fan can forget that wonderful scene from the film classic “Casablanca,” in which Capt. Renault explained to Rick why he was closing down the café.

Rick asked, “How can you close me up? On what grounds?  Captain Renault replied, “I'm shocked,… Read full post »

 It began long before YouTube showed the world four U.S. Marines urinating on the body of a dead enemy combatant.

In 1994, the civilized world was shocked and horrified by the image of smiling Somalians dragging an American soldier’s body through the streets of Mogadishu.

W… Read full post »

 

The recent effort by American broadcasters before the Supreme Court to eschew fines for profanity and nudity hit a brick wall.  A number of justices predicted a spike in indecent programming should federal restrictions be eliminated.

In an hour-long session on January 10, one that… Read full post »

What could have inspired so many political sheep to support a pompous, ill-informed buffoon like Herman Cain?

Why were they unwilling to see the only thing vaster than Herman Cain's ignorance of the nation's foreign and domestic challenges is his eagerness to flaunt that ignorance before the… Read full post »

Earlier this year Ohio followed Wisconsin and New Jersey as the latest battleground in the war between Republican governors and labor unions over collective bargaining.

But in a sharp change from the recall approach in Wisconsin, Ohio unions joined together to take advantage of a little-know… Read full post »

During 1988’s second Presidential Debate, CNN’s Bernard Shaw served up the most memorable moment of the campaign by getting up close and personal.  He asked Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis, a death penalty opponent, “If Kitty Dukakis [the candidate’s wife] we/… Read full post »

Paula Schleis, staff writer for The Akron Beacon Journal recently asked readers, “How did your life change after Sept. 11, 2001... Are there changes in your personal habits? In your beliefs? In your attitude about anything, from traveling to politics? How do you feel about your country?/… Read full post »

After billionaire Warren Buffett reiterated his long-held view that the wealthy need to pay more income tax, Michele Bachmann suggested that “the Oracle of Omaha” should write a big check to the government if he's eager for higher taxes on the wealthy. "We do believe, unli… Read full post »

A message from John Boehner, Chairman of the
 

Did you know that millions of Americans trying to preserve Social Security and Medicare are selfishly putting pressure on Congress to cut subsidies to oil companies, and demanding that we raise t… Read full post »

         

I rarely think about the Vietnam War anymore. I didn’t think about it when, at 18 years old, I entered the Air Force in the mid 1960’s. Even when our Bomb Wing was sent to Guam to fly missions over Vietnam, I didn’t… Read full post »

Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld recently appeared on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" to promote his new book, "Known and Unknown: A Memoir," and tried to transform the Bush administration’s public certainty about the perils posed by Saddam Hussein into a sequence of though… Read full post »

Michele Bachmann’s announcement that she supports the New York legislature’s decision to permit gay men and women to marry might be a shock. But if you take a breath, it will become clear that her intolerance, not to mention her ignorance of and indifference to the C… Read full post »

Years before I met the woman who is now my lovely and intelligent wife, I dated a lot of beautiful women. One of these women stands out above the others, which by itself may seem curious, because we had only one dinner together.

We worked for the same company, and all the… Read full post »

A proposed ban on male circumcision of children will appear on the November ballot in San Francisco, setting the stage for the nation's first public vote on what has long been considered a private famil… Read full post »

Once upon a time, a story like New York Rep. Anthony Weiner’s internet indiscretions might have stunned the nation. But countless sex scandals – most served up by Republicans - and involving authentic sex - have desensitized Americans.

Republican sex scandals themselves don’t… Read full post »

  Is Donald Trump too stupid to be President? Or by playing the birther game, is he treating us as if we’re the stupid ones?  As for Trump’s take… Read full post »

        Congress opened up a giant can of worms when it finally repealed “Don’t ask, don’t tell.” In February of this year, just two months after the repeal of D.A.D.T., the Obama administration tipped over that can when it… Read full post »