Cain’s racial offense
Tea partiers are delighted that their support for Herman Cain proves they don't hate black people. Unfortunately, judging by some of his statements, Cain doesn't seem to like black people...
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Barack Obama’s lonely presidency
News media depict presidencies as long-running soap operas. The story doesn't end, but it goes through changes. In this, President Barack Obama's autumn of discontent, a new and potentially disastrous...
Leaders lost, lessons gained
What makes a great leader? While President Barack Obama and his Republican challengers grapple mightily with that question, the deaths of Steve Jobs and the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, two leaders...
Welcome to flash-mob politics
They're mad — Mad as hell! — and they're taking their anger to the streets. Who needs leaders, structure or formal agendas? A few commonly shared and loudly expressed gripes...
Vote for Cain? He may be the GOP’s best bet
I have decided to endorse Herman Cain to be the Republican Party's candidate for president. No, I am not crazy. I hear the pleas of those who challenge me to...
A GOP circular firing squad
Suddenly Campaign 2012 is looking like deja vu all over again. Remember how President Barack Obama's fast rise to the White House was boosted by remarkably unlucky opponents? His Republican...
Christie? Get over it
This is a test. Chris Christy could hardly have made his intentions more plain. Still his boosters insist he hasn't made up his mind.
Retro TV revisits birth of ‘culture war’
Do "Mad Men," "Pan Am," "The Playboy Club" and BBC America's "The Hour" exploit society's barely suppressed appetite for a more sexist, racist and conservative era? Fear not. The underlying...
‘Class warfare’ by any other name …
Class warfare seems to be popping up everywhere these days. It must be campaign season. Check out this sound bite: "I'm not for tax cuts for the rich. The rich...
Ron Paul’s harsh definition of ‘freedom’
Let's be fair to U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. Contrary to a widespread impression, the libertarian-minded Paul did not say during a recent Republican presidential debate that people without...