It Has NO Place.

Most conservatives do not in any way support violent protest, murder, and terrorism to achieve their political goals. That is true no matter if we are talking about abortion, gay…

Thank God …

... the right wing blogosphere was all up in arms about the DHS domestic terrorism report that indicated, among other things, that radicals might use abortion as a justification for…

The Method to His Madness.

Or rather, his calmness, or coolness.... President Barack Obama is a shrewd, intelligent politician and tactician. Those on the right who think he is stupid, or nothing but a speechmaker…

What to Make of This?

From Political Wire: Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D-DE) is known for keeping a list of several hundred birthdays of current and former colleagues, staffers and others and for dialing them…

Quote of the Day

"Part of me is inherently medieval." -- Disgraced former Speaker and current co-leader of the Republican Party Newt Gingrich. Yeah. The political and moral parts.

Around the Horn Friday

A quiet week with the General Assembly being on recess until June 2. We have reactions to the two party state conventions held on Saturday, and a host of other…

V: The Allegory

When V: The Original Miniseries premiered, it was an excellent smack them over the head allegory about fascism, in the form of classic science fiction. And then it got all…

Blevins is the Key.

In the battle to petition HB5 out of the Executive Committee, we need 11 Senators to sign on. We have eight at this moment. The current thinking is that is…

The Bigot Who Cried Wolf.

Back in late 2002-early 2003, when the Senate Democratic Caucus met to determine their leaders, Senator Thurman Adams threatened to bolt the caucus, along with Bob Venables and George Bunting,…