The Bush/Cheney administration claims they have successfully prevented another Sept. 11 attack. ...more

January 8, 2009

Due to a brief hospital stay and some weeks of recuperation, I have been unable to wish a happy, healthful and more secure 2009 for my readers, so I start by doing that today. ...more

January 8, 2009

Vice President Dick Cheney, who leaves office Jan. 20 as one of the most powerful, if unpopular, vice presidents in recent history, offered an unabashed defense of the Bush administration's claims of broad executive powers Sunday, mocking criticism from Vice President-elect Joe Biden and saying the president "doesn't have to check with anybody" before launching a nuclear attack. ...more

December 22, 2008

Will Obama Get The Same Treatment? So, Barack Obama is now our next president. He wasn't my choice, but I wish him well in the difficult job ahead. Several good things will have come out of his election to office. ...more

November 7, 2008

I intend to vote for Barack Obama because I believe he will do what is best for America. I think he cares about our veterans and will do more to see that they get the care they need, and also that he will end this war for oil in Iraq and send more troops to Afghanistan to finally catch bin Laden. ...more

October 12, 2008

Be scared. Be very, very scared. Congress, sign on the dotted line quickly before the world ends. I've seen this movie before and if "Bush-Cheney: The Sequel" goes the way of the original, we're in trouble. ...more

September 26, 2008

Republicans opened their scaled-down national convention Monday with calls for aid and compassion as Hurricane Gustav smashed into the Gulf Coast. ...more

September 2, 2008

On Thursday night, Al Gore told Democrats that the 2008 election is close because defenders of the status quo "are desperately afraid of the change Barack Obama represents." ...more

August 29, 2008

Impeach Bush Efforts to hold the Bush/Cheney Administration accountable has taken another dramatic step forward. Last week Congressman Dennis Kucinich introduced the first Articles of Impeachment ever to be introduced against President Bush. It includes, in total, 35 articles detailing this administration's blatant abuse of power. Today, I enthusiastically support this vitally important bill. ...more

June 19, 2008

In reviewing our concern about WMDs, particularly nukes in the hands first of Saddam and now Iran, the thing that is principally overlooked is the bellicose posture between these two countries for the last decade. Under Saddam, Iraq decided to go to war against Iran, largely with U.S. help and encouragement. Although the Israelis had taken out Iraq's nuclear capabilities with a surgical air strike in 1981, both Iran and Iraq felt the need to menace each other with the potential threat of nuclear weaponry. ...more

February 17, 2008