Joplin And Natural Disasters: They’re Called “Emergencies” For A Reason
I’ve been writing a lot this week about congressional Republicans’ new approach to disaster relief funds in large part because I find it rather amazing, even for a contemporary GOP that no longer seems...
View Article“Send Disaster Response To The States”: Mitt Romney’s Disastrous Emergency...
As 50 million East Coast residents brace for Hurricane Sandy’s impact, President Obama has already signed disaster declarations for at least a dozen states, making available the resources and unique...
View Article“The Obama Political Obituaries Are Way Premature”: Nothing That Happened In...
If President Obama saw the columns and news stories I keep reading lately, he’d probably have half a mind to resign and scurry back to Chicago in time to see the Bears lose a playoff game. “Tanking”...
View Article“The Trouble With Optics”: Talking About Image When We Should Be Talking...
I’ve been writing about politics for a long time, and it’s a tribute to the dynamism of our glorious democracy that every time I think that things couldn’t get any stupider, I’m proven wrong yet again....
View Article“Always Ready For Closeups”: Dick Cheney Is Still A Petty Hypocrite
Former vice president Dick Cheney resurfaced again this week, to sharply criticize President Barack Obama for being on vacation when ISIS murdered American journalist James Foley. During a Wednesday...
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