Published: mic (April 15, 2013)
Here are eight words that I doubt have ever come from the pen of a liberal columnist:
“Where is Rick Santorum when we need him?”
This thought comes to mind as soon as one looks at PA HB683, a new bill introduced in Santorum’s home state of Pennsylvania that would outlaw whistleblowing on factory farm cruelty.
Published: The Morning Call (April 15, 2013), mic (April 16, 2013)
Editor’s note: This article was written before the Boston Marathon bombings, and is not intended to be a response to that incident. All commentary in this article is on pre-Boston incidents alone and is not intended to indicate anything concerning the ongoing Boston Marathon investigation.
Published: PolicyMic (December 1, 2012)
The only thing worse than laziness is contagious laziness.
I refer you to the following headlines from Fox News and Politico:
“Ted Cruz Speech Fuels 2016 Presidential Run Speculation”
“Ted Cruz Speech Stokes 2016 Speculation”
Ted Cruz, for those of you fortunate enough to not be up-to-date on your Tea Party demagogues, is the Senator-elect from Texas.... Read Original Article
Published: PolicyMic (November 30, 2012)
I have no idea whether Mitt Romney will ever see this editorial. While I do know at least one of my articles was noticed by the erstwhile Republican candidate’s inner circle (a piece from six months ago that drew complaints from his former foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell), that hardly assures that anything else I write will make its way to him.
Published: PolicyMic (November 29, 2012)
The impending so-called “fiscal cliff” has not been kind to Grover Norquist.
As political junkies are well aware, the conservative lobbyist who founded Americans for Tax Reform is best known for pressuring Republican politicians to sign his Taxpayer Protection Pledge, which puts signatories on the record as vowing to never support marginal income tax increases, as well as refrain from reducing or eliminating deductions or credits without matching tax rate reductions.
Published: PolicyMic (November 27, 2012)
This may seem odd coming from the pen of a liberal Democrat (er, keyboard), but here it goes: Gerald Ford is my favorite president of the past forty years.
There are plenty of good reasons for liberals to admire Ford. Foremost among them is the fact that he was the last genuinely moderate Republican to inhabit the White House, with his battle against Ronald Reagan in the 1976 presidential primaries marking the final time a centrist obtained the top slot on the GOP national ticket without making egregious concessions to the party’s fringe elements (ironically, Reagan himself would be considered insufficiently conservative by many Republicans today).