Once again, the Bushies have trotted out the appeasement charge, comparing to Neville Chamberlain people who believe that the only hope of getting anywhere with adversaries is to engage in discussions. That Bush made this charge as a guest of a foreign government, especially an Israeli government where many of...

According to press reports Bill Clinton is barnstorming through rural West Virginia telling people that everyone else is making fun of them, and him, that only Hillary believes they are just as smart as everyone else, and only Hillary believes that they have as much right to decide who will...

A group of 250 leading economists has signed a letter urging the Clintons to continue her campaign for the Democratic nomination for president. "The remaining states have all fallen on hard times," said the letter, "and the Clinton campaign spends enormous amounts of money, forcing Obama to spend even more...

Prior to the Iowa caucuses, I warned that no matter what the outcome of the ensuing contests, the Clintons would never, ever, drop out of the race ("If Obama Wins Iowa, Gore May Become President," January 2, 2008).

They have now proved that by declaring they would invoke the nuclear...

I have previously ("Clinton's Struggles to Explain Her Iraq Position", February 27, 2008) addressed Hillary Clinton's votes on the Iraq War. She not only voted for the Iraq War Resolution, she voted against the Levin Amendment that differed from the War Resolution only by forcing George Bush to seek...

The conventional wisdom that John McCain's remarkable powers of resurrection that captured the Republican nomination and that current polls showing him outperforming the generic Republican in a race with Obama or Hillary means that he will be a formidable general election candidate is false. He will get clobbered.

It...

Endorsements usually do not mean much, and have multiple, and sometimes unclear, motivations. Sometimes just old history with the person trumps other considerations such as nation and party.

Those hiring people for jobs do reference checks with former co-workers and former employers. Why? They have the best information about how...

On June 4, 2008, Barack Obama will be less than 100 delegates from wrapping up the nomination. That assumes he gets 50% of the North Carolina, Indiana and Guam delegates, takes only 45% of the remaining 217, and no other superdelegates (SDs) declare between now and then.

Today's unpledged SD...

In this strangest of political environments, where the exigencies of the moment supersede longer-term considerations, Bill Clinton has made the strongest case AGAINST the nomination of Hillary Clinton.

Remember a few weeks ago when Bill Clinton was telling everyone to "cool it," that Hillary's continuance in the race would have...

There were many heroes who resisted Nazi occupation and practices during World War II. Some, like the Norwegian resister Max Manus, are the stuff of legend.

Teachers were among the major, but unsung heroes. When the Nazis occupied Norway, and installed the traitor Quisling as their puppet, they told the...

Say what you may about Stephanopoulos's performance at the Democratic debates, he hit the nail that may eventually seal the coffin of John McCain's presidential ambitions: "Don't your standards make American troops hostage to Iraqi politicians?" he asked him on This Week

McCain babbled a non-answer, but his war policy...

Sovereignty is the ultimate expression of a nation's independence and autonomy. In constitutional and international law, it is a government's possessing full control over its own affairs, able to make decisions without supervision or veto by others.

Each of our states, for example, surrendered part of its sovereignty over...

At a campaign stop in Philadelphia, PA, Hillary Clinton furthered her identification with Rocky, recalling how she once stepped into the ring against Muhammed Ali.

Clinton said that she was sent to fight Ali when no one else would. "They used to say in the White House, if the...

The entire rationale for McCain's run for president is that he was for the surge before there was a surge, and, now, that surge is "a success." This is supposed to show that McCain is experienced in defense and foreign policy.

In the last two weeks we have witnessed this...

Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) said last night that, among the 3 remaining candidates, he thought Barack Obama had the best chance of bringing the country together. While he did not dismiss McCain (he's done that in the Senate) or Clinton (she's had some success in the Senate, not as much...

Everyone, friend and foe, begins comments about John McCain's readiness to be president by acknowledging his heroism during his captivity during the Vietnam War. For those who do not know, McCain was offered an early release because of the regard in which the North Vietnamese held his father, the Admiral...

Senator Hillary Clinton, candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, and former First Lady, today clarified her positions on her 3AM readiness and landing in Bosnia under sniper fire.

"I am asleep at 3AM", said Clinton, "and, like Martin Luthur King before me, I had a dream. I had a...

The Bush Administration has been so disastrous, and Republican Congressional rule so complicit and corrupt, that it seems to follow, "as the night the day", that the Democrats must take over just to staunch the bleeding.

But, what have the Democrats done to show they would do better? Where is...

To George W. Bush, the loss of nearly 4,000 lives, 30,000 wounded and $500B on the Iraq War is "worth it." But, there is no evidence his family, Republican members of Congress or any member of his Administration agrees -- unless, of course, they mean it is "worth it" for...

He did it to Arbusto Energy in the '70s, to Spectrum 7 and Harken Energy in the '80s. Enormous debt. Selling his shares to foreigners just days before a negative report on losses, leaving the other shareholders to shoulder the burden.

Now, he's done it to the United States of...