Published: PolicyMic (March 22, 2012)
Is it fair to claim that the Republican Party is waging a “war on women?”
Let’s look at the facts. Although the phrase in question only regained its political fashionability within the last few months, the sad truth is that the Republican Party’s hostility to women’s rights traces back much longer than that.... Read Original Article
Editor’s Note: The author is responding to Michael Suede’s article here. Suede responded to the author’s original article.
This is my response to PolicyMic pundit Michael Suede’s editorial “America’s Founders Were Pro-Big Government, But Only Because it Suited Their Interests.” I respond to each passage in its own right, with the different sections indicated by quotes and ellipses.
Published: PolicyMic (March 4, 2012)
Thanks to his recent victories in the Michigan and Arizona primaries, Mitt Romney once again has emerged as the strongest contender for the Republican presidential nomination. As such, I think it is appropriate to draw attention to the unique dilemma he will pose to liberals in the event that he is the ultimate victor in Tampa.... Read Original Article
A new bill proposed by Pennsylvania Representative Kathy Rapp would require any woman seeking an abortion to first undergo an ultrasound. During this procedure, the doctor would be forced to put the view screen in her field of vision so she could see the fetus and observe its heartbeat.
Published: The Morning Call (November 21, 2011)
If I were a Republican, I would be very concerned right now about the future of my party.
Allow me to explain. As of the moment, President Barack Obama is an extremely vulnerable incumbent. Unemployment remains chronically high, his approval ratings are mired in the low 40s, and he has done a horrendous job of selling his signature achievements to the public.... Read Original Article
Published: The Morning Call (October 2, 2011)
In a recent interview with Politico, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum issued a scathing denunciation of Google. “If you’re a responsible business,” he remarked, “you don’t let things like that happen in your business that have an impact on the country.”
One might expect such strong words to be reserved for the greatest rascals of American capitalism – you know, like the Wall Street firms whose chicanery plunged our nation into its current economic mess, or perhaps the corporate executives who throw hardworking employees onto the unemployment rolls instead of accepting modest cuts to their own massive salaries.... Read Original Article