Many Christians are finally getting fed up with the complete failure of the GOP to reduce abortions, even with 20 years of Republican presidency since the rise of the Christian right. If Obama can boldly articulate a pro-life platform to reduce abortion, care for children and families, reduce arms and prevent war then he could bring about a seismic shift in electoral politics that makes the "Reagan Democrat" phenomenon look like nothing.
As the 44th President said, many times, no leader can function by himself. And in particular, 44 made one brilliant appointment: Arnold Schwarzenegger.
It's really mind-boggling that the B team running the McCain operation is ceding such a massive on-the-ground strategic advantage to the Obama campaign.
Is it possible that Turkey, as a neighbor of Iran with shared interests in the stability of the region and with superior cultural understanding may be in a better position to appeal to Iranian senses?
We have rolled out our first local version of The Huffington Post. HuffPost Chicago is part local news source, part resource guide, and part virtual soap box.
When backed into a corner, a mother lion will fight to the death to spare her cubs. It's programmed into human nature.
President Bush's new deal with Poland gives that country millions in aid, stokes Russia's paranoia and decreases America's security. It is bad policy.
Members of the military are speaking with their checkbooks, and reiterating just how strongly they believe we need to begin to redeploy from Iraq, and go on the offense against al Qaeda.
What makes a meme effective -- be it verbal, visual or the combination -- is repetition.
We could truly make reducing the abortion rate in America a nonpartisan issue and a bipartisan cause. It is a common-sense approach that could unite the vast majority of Americans.
While Washington always seems to know how to deal with Moscow in blunt, threatening language, it best beware that the times are a-changing. Nationalism and pride are on the march in Russia.
Corsi has been referred to as a "conservative gadfly." But the word "gadfly" implies someone who is well intentioned and who seeks to provoke thought in others, not a lying, white supremacist, propagandist.
Our country lacks the resources to stand up to Russian aggression. While Russia has the resources to bend its neighbors to its will. The rest of the world gets it.
