I must confess my first reaction when I heard of Justice Scalia’s death. I was just happy, happy that he could no longer get in the way of the rights […]
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A Gaffe About Gaffes
by Ed Gross We’ve all been hearing a lot recently about gaffes committed by Republican presidential candidates. If I say that gaffe is the wrong word to describe most of […]
The Quality of Candidate is Much Strained
By Ed Gross Although you might not guess it if you’ve read other columns of mine, I like nothing better than to make people laugh. I love humor of all […]
Political Leadership and American Ideals
The presidential campaign of 2008 is proving to be the most exhilarating political event within memory. Most eye-catching and inspiring is, of course, the Democratic side, with the inevitability that either a woman or an African-American will be the presidential nominee. It’s a novel, surprising, if not astonishing turn of events, which could not be more exciting if some master political operative in the sky had planned it that way.
The Realm of Faith and the Realm of Politics
The humorist, Will Rogers, once said that “Nothing changes like the past.” And he was assuredly right. Those who interpret history cannot avoid injecting their own values and interests into […]
The Politics of Fear and the Dulling of the American Mind
By Dr. Joe Chuman Referring to the prerequisites of a free society, Thomas Jefferson in 1820 wrote the following. “I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the […]