So, Republicans are asking their party to cool it with the attacks on Obama. That's nice, but don't be fooled, for while the GOP is pretending to be statesmanlike, the Tea Party is vowing revenge on the Democrats for the selective scrutiny that the IRS gave...

I feel sorry for Ted Nugent. All the poor man wants to do is protect your arsenal of machine guns and rocket launchers from the Communists and to make sure that all those highly desirable gardening and maid service jobs are not stolen by undocumented Mexicans sneaking over the border;...

Texas and Bangladesh. Two places that are literally worlds apart. One is the second largest state in the United States of America, a center for the rich oil and high-tech industries with a GDP of $1.2 trillion, and known for its vast sprawl, fiercely proud culture, and larger-than-life...

The following piece may seem like comedy but it's really political satire, which basically means it's about serious issues that make Americans so uncomfortable that I need to dress them up in humor just to talk about them.

It also means that any similarities to anyone, living or comatose,...

Earlier this week I wrote about the need for American intervention in Syria to prevent further butchering of the Syrian people by its own government. Understandably, there were many readers who bristled at the idea of further involvement in the Middle East and made it clear that they...

This is not a piece about gun control. It is a piece about common sense, good parenting, and responsible marketing.

This week a two-year-old girl in Kentucky was accidentally shot and killed by her five-year-old brother with a Crickett, which is a 'kid's rifle.' When I saw the...

Thank you, Israel.

By attacking Syrian military targets, Israel has finally (if inadvertently) taken the conflict in the region to where it belongs -- to the doorstep of Assad's corrupt and bloody regime.

This is something that has needed to happen for months. Syrian rebels and...

Last week I wrote about why the private sector should be accountable to the public. One of the ways (theoretically) in which businesses are held accountable by the public, or at least those with stock portfolios, is through shareholder activism. However, in practice, shareholder activism rarely has the...

I won't waste space in this blog discussing the harmful effects of the sequester. If the recent FAA debacle doesn't give you an idea of how bad this is, or how bad it will get, nothing will.

Instead, I want to highlight just how crazy the Republican position...

Ask most people if they should have a say in our political process and in the compensation of government employees and they will invariably say 'yes.' After all, our taxes pay for the running of our government so why shouldn't we dictate the terms?

Now ask the same people...

As a feverish manhunt for a suspected bomber rages in Boston this week, it is bringing to light a possible connection with Russia's own fight against terrorism that nobody could have imagined. The suspects, one of whom is now dead, are Chechen, which means that there is a strong possibility...

The carnage that ensued in Boston this week does not need to be described in words since the numbers speak horrifying volumes in themselves: 3 dead, including a child, more than 170 injured, dozens dismembered, and a whole nation traumatized by the shock of violence.

The only...

Attacking the Republicans for their indifference to inequality is like shooting fish in a barrel. There is no shortage of examples showing how little the GOP cares about the working class or about fairness. But even more disturbing than the indifference is the reason behind it.

Both income inequality and...

There is only one thing that President Obama can truly rely on, and that is to get attacked no matter what he does. When he stands up for Democratic principles, he is criticized by the Republicans for betraying the nation's values. When he tries to be bipartisan, he is criticized...

Another filibuster and another headline for Rand Paul. The junior senator from Kentucky seems to be on a roll. First there was his attention-grabbing filibuster of America's drone policy, and now he is threatening the same on gun control. One might be tempted to be impressed, especially since he is...

I have nightmares sometimes. Dark, sinister, gut-wrenchingly scary nightmares involving assault, murder and sometimes prison rape (I'm seeing someone about this last one), but not even in my worst nightmare have I been terrorized by a demon so diabolical, so merciless, and with such bad hair, as Kim Jong-un, the...

The recent ruling by the Indian Supreme Court - which rejected the renewal of a patent for the leukemia drug Gleevec (manufactured by Novartis), and which will allow local drug makers to continue providing a low-cost generic version - is being met by anger on the part of...

To say that Hank Greenberg's escalating lawsuit against the US government for bailing out AIG during the financial crisis is mystifying would be a gross understatement.

When I first read about the suit, I was amazed and confused. Who in their right mind would do this? Now,...

For an organization that champions guns and machismo, the NRA is surprisingly easy to scare. If you disagree, you merely need to observe its reaction after the mass shooting in Connecticut.

Despite public support for gun control rising, including amongst law-abiding gun owners and some Republicans, the NRA has...

Ever since his attention-grabbing filibuster against the CIA director nominee over the use of drones and after winning the straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has suddenly become the darling of the Republican party and is being cited as a serious contender for presidential...