The Senate committee investigating the CIA’s torture program released its findings today, and to say the report is a bombshell is, I think, not an overstatement. It is a damning critique of the CIA’s operations and management of a program … Continued
Mitt Romney is bored. Like most old retirees, once he’s taken out the trash and fed the dog, he starts wondering about how he’s going to fill-up the rest of his day. Most old retired guys play cribbage at the … Continued
President Obama today announced steps to normalize relations with Cuba. This was coupled with Cuba agreeing to release Allan Gross, a political prisoner held in a Cuban prison for over five years. This helps to end more than fifty years … Continued
Jeb Bush came out today and, more or less, announced himself as a candidate for the Republican nomination in the upcoming 2016 presidential contest. Nothing could be more boring. But this must have sent a tingle of excitement up the … Continued
Republicans are going to be falling all over themselves to come out in defense of the CIA, claiming that what was done to these prisoner/detainees was not really torture. All that I will say to that is — there are … Continued
In order to achieve a more fair and equitable (colorblind ) justice system in this country, we need to first recognize that there are no extenuating circumstances that should allow a cop when engaging a suspected lawbreaker (irrespective of the … Continued
Let’s be clear about something. The Ram’s players who demonstrated, with their hands up, their opposition to the recent Ferguson Grand jury decision not to indict the officer in the murder of Michael Brown — the unarmed black teenager involved … Continued
Let’s be clear on something, I don’t like Mitch McConnell. I think he is a despicable human being. There is nobody in our American government more self-interested and more unprincipled than this low-life Kentucky politician, and I’ll defend that charge … Continued
President Obama inherited an economy that had been devastated by the financial crisis. This did not happen on his watch. The last two months before George Bush left office the economy lost 750,000 jobs in each of those months. And … Continued
No doubt Mitch McConnell is going to be dreaming some pretty grandiose dreams concerning sprucing up his legacy now that he’s the new Majority leader in the Senate. His biggest challenge though is going to be riding herd on all … Continued