Why do politicians get in so much trouble often over silly things but get away with lying through their teeth about really important stuff – – apparently, because they think they can engage in whatever behavior suits them because power is its own reward.
The thing about recent incidents and those that regaled us in the [...]

There’s something peculiar about the way national issues are framed these days. In some cases it’s how questions are posed; at other times it’s the choice of material the opposition chooses to brandish in its barrage of talking points – – “Obamacare” instead of ‘health-care.’ Perhaps Democrats should have pushed the phrase, “Bushwar” in the [...]

It never seems to fail. Just when you think common sense and rational discourse are about to break out, the demon forces of empty rhetoric and intellectual dishonesty rise up to claim everyone’s attention. The president said as much at the Health Care Summit last week when, after some quite reasonable discussion, Minority Leader Boehner [...]

Elizabeth Warren, bailout watchdog and financial analyst, said on the Bill Maher show, that the failure of our legislative institutions to reform the banking industry is essentially “… a David and Goliath story”- – that lobbyists far outnumber the members of Congress and that their efforts are non-stop in the pressuring of elected officials. But [...]

Our political process is jeopardized when partisan talking points form the basis for public understanding of important issues. Any mental deviate is free to frame an opinion no matter how absurd or factually bereft, as was made clear at the weekend’s CPAC conference and at many of the Tea Party get-togethers. Tea-bagging conservatives don’t always [...]