"When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself, and God does not take care to support it so that its professors are obliged to call for help of the civil power, ‘tis a sign, I apprehend, of its being a bad one. " – Benjamin […]
The Perfect Summary of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
June 28, 2013 by
Granted, this is from an ex-Obama official, but I've read this many times from different sources, even some conservative ones. Here's the quote from Neal K. Katyal, a former acting solicitor general in the Obama administration: “The bitter divisions, and doctrinal incoherence of the term as a whole, were in full display the moment Justice Scalia […]
Will “The Wire” Affect This Democratic Political Hopeful’s Presidential Run?
April 21, 2013 by
"The Wire" character Tommy Carcetti Baltimore politician Martin O'Malley started out as a City Councilman then moved his way up to the Mayore of the city. If that sounds familiar to folks, it is the path the character Tommy Carcetti followed on "The Wire". And that should come as no surprise because Carcetti's character was […]
The GOP Anthem: Groucho Marx’s “Whatever It Is I’m Against It!”
February 9, 2013 by
There's been many reports on how the GOP strategy of being against anything Obama proposed came about. The Book "The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era" by Michael Grunwald is one of a few sources that have outlined how the strategy was conceived and exectued. Here's a snippet Grunwald wrote […]