Politics

The New Democrat

According to Bob Conley, the Democrat nominee for the U.S. Senate in South Carolina, “The New Democrat is the Old Democrat.” And that...

September 2, 2008

Gun Rights on Trial

September 1, 2008

The Supreme Court ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller struck down a prohibition against handguns but also allowed for more regulation of...

McCain Picks Palin for VP

Dennis Behreandt September 1, 2008

It looked for a while like it might have been Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty who would wind up on the Republican ticket alongside...

Georgia: Our Next Entangling Alliance?

Dennis Behreandt September 1, 2008

Russia’s recent war with Georgia and the ensuing military occupation, which shows every sign of permanency, is a reminder of the folly of...

Ron Paul Will Be Heard in Minneapolis

Gary Benoit September 1, 2008

A number of former GOP presidential candidates — Sam Brownback, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Fred Thompson — are scheduled to...

Delegate Dilemmas and Duties

September 1, 2008

As the recently concluded primary season reminded us, America’s quadrennial presidential nominating process, from the earliest primaries to the national party conventions, has...

Obama Picks “Ultimate Insider”

Dennis Behreandt August 31, 2008

Despite Obama’s pledge for “change,” his pick for vice-presidential running mate, Senator Joseph Biden (D-Del.), is the clearest signal yet that an Obama...

According to Pelosi, Impeachment Proceedings Are “Off the Table”

August 31, 2008

When California Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi became House Speaker with the election of a Democratic majority in 2006, hopes ran high in some quarters...

Recreating Riots

August 31, 2008

1968. For nostalgic, aging radicals, that year is fondly remembered as the zenith of their glory days, when their demonstrations against the Vietnam...

Would McCain Change the Court?

August 31, 2008

What effect would a John McCain presidency have on the Supreme Court? That question is perhaps even more important this election year, since...

Senate Races

Jack Kenny August 18, 2008

With an unpopular Republican president presiding over a slumping economy, soaring fuel prices, and two wars in the Middle East, Republicans face an...

A Housing Bill of Horrors

Dennis Behreandt August 17, 2008

In response to the housing crisis, the American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 (H.R. 3221) passed in the House (272-152)...

Running for President of the World?

Dennis Behreandt August 17, 2008

On July 24, presidential candidate Barack Obama arrived in Berlin in a stop sandwiched between visits to Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Jordan, Israel, and...