The Republicans will lose on November 4

This is my prediction for Tuesday’s election — the Republican Party will lose control of the White House and lose more seats in Congress. Why? Because they abused their power at the expense of the common good and Americans are furious about the outcomes: 1) Failure to protect the United States from the terroristic acts [...]

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A way to make tonight’s big debate even bigger

Tonight’s presidential debate could be way more interesting if McCain isn’t there. The absence of the Republican nominee would clear the way for a more diverse representation of U.S. political philosophy — that is, a debate amongst the Democratic nominee and the nominees of at least three minor parties. Presidential debates in the U.S. are [...]

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The only “wrong change” is no change

Senator and assumed Republican nominee for President, John McCain, today described his likely Democrat rival for said office as the “wrong change.” McCain’s “clever” inversion of Senator Barack Obama’s central campaign slogan — combined with observations about the state of things as we quietly drift toward the second decade of the 21st Century — leads [...]

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Who will the Republicans pick for president? Who cares!

Now less than nine months before the 2008 election, I propose a bold new strategy for the complete removal of Republicans from power — whenever you find yourself in a conversation about any news regarding a Republican candidate, verbally respond by saying “Who cares? They’re going to lose.” Here’s a practical example of how the [...]

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Quote: If and when our rights fail…

What would happen if  citizens give up on protecting their rights? Here’s a glimpse of an answer political philosopher Robert A. Dahl wrote in his On Democracy (2000, Yale University Press) reflecting on the moment Thomas Jefferson ended the Alien and Sedition Act in the late 1800s in support of the Right to Free Speech: [...]

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Six Years Later, Where’s the Justice?

Patriot Day number six has come and gone, yet the chief architect of the great crimes that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001 — Osama Bin Laden — is still free. How did this happen? And, what will the president who replaces George W. Bush on January 1, 2009, do to bring him to justice?

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