Newt Gingrich’s serious run for the Republican presidential nomination may have been the shortest in U.S. history.              For those who blinked and missed the self-destruction of his campaign, Gingrich had just declared his candidacy two days earlier when he appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”  Asked his view of the Paul Ryan Medicare-reform […]

            Aren’t graduations grand?  The sense of real accomplishment for the graduates; the feelings of pride in their loved ones; the caps and gowns; the pomp and circumstance; the photos and hugs; the tears and smiles.  It’s about as good as life gets when you come right down to it.             Think about it.  How […]

            Osama bin Laden’s death on May 1 secured long-delayed justice for millions of Americans.  Few who experienced the horrific terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, did anything other than rejoice at the news, delivered by President Obama, that a small force of Navy SEALs had done the deed.              And most of us didn’t […]

(Part One)             Grover Norquist isn’t exactly a household name, but he has been called the second most powerful man in America (by MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell).             Norquist is the president of Americans for Tax Reform.  He claims to have the signatures of 41 U.S. Senators and 236 members of the House of Representatives pledging […]