“[The issue of torture] has nothing to do with al Qaeda, [but] it has everything to do with America.” Those were the words of Senator McCain in 2006 — he was absolutely right.
One of the funnier moments of the 2008 campaign was the tongue lashing right wing talk show host Kevin James received from Chris Matthews for comparing then Sen.
The Republicans recent political posturing over President Obama’s stimulus package and the California budget reminded me of the 1980s pop hit “Sunglasses at Night” about a man who retreats to darkness rather than deal with harsh realities.
Nearly 200 years after the British Army captured Washington, our nation’s capitol endured a different onslaught by an army twice as large as the U.S. and Russian armies combined.
