Published: mic (August 12, 2013)
While Sarah Palin rarely provokes anything more than justified contempt among the left, her recent announcement that she is on “Team Rand” is as good a cause as any for liberals to remind themselves of why the ongoing feud between the libertarian-leaning Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
Published: mic (June 23, 2013)
As Edward Snowden continues his flight from the grasping arms of the federal government, President Obama finds himself in the most unenviable position that can face an ostensibly idealistic politician.
He looks like a hypocrite.
When I made this observation in a panel discussion last week on HuffPost Live, moderator Josh Zepps correctly pointed out that I was in danger of begging the question.
Published: mic (June 19, 2013)
Is Edward Snowden a hero?
There is an anecdote, perhaps apocryphal, that best answers that question. It comes from the early years of the Franklin Roosevelt administration, back when the newly-elected president was meeting with labor leaders to address their concerns about the plight of the working class.
Published: mic (June 18, 2013), Live Interview with Huffington Post (June 19, 2013)
Our commander-in-chief had a lot to say during Monday night’s interview with Charlie Rose, but CNN aptly summed it up in four words:
“I’m no Dick Cheney.”
If I may, Mr. President, I’d like to respond to that claim with a question I bet all of your supporters (many of them now erstwhile supporters) are asking:
“Yes, but why the hell aren’t you Barack Obama?”
Published: PolicyMic (April 3, 2012)
Nathan Wooten has a portrait of Adolf Hitler hanging in his living room. He named his son after a leader of the German S.S. He regularly posts comments on National Socialist message boards and created a personal profile on a white supremacist social networking site. Beyond any shadow of a doubt, Wooten is a neo-Nazi.