Last winter, American parents were rocked by the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School that left 20 children dead. Since then, many of us have struggled with a sense of unease about how to balance the safety of children…
Almost two weeks ago, Renisha McBride knocked on a door of a stranger’s house in the middle of the night. The homeowner shot her in the face with a shotgun. Renisha McBride, 19, is dead. Yesterday, three teens were shot,…
This is going to sound weird but I’m finding myself missing former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay lately. Not his politics, naturally. Or his near-criminal fundraising methods. No, what I miss was his ability to get things done. His nickname…
I’m ranting a bit about religious equality over at The Broad Side today in response to a Supreme Court case regarding the appropriateness of Christian prayers before secular government meetings. Here’s a little bit of the post: Religious references abound.…
Guarantee issue – In the past, insurers could deny policies to people who had health conditions they deemed too risky to cover. This could have been anything from a history of cancer to – and this happened to me –…
About an hour ago, this notification came to my inbox via Politico: Speaker John Boehner pitched a six-week debt limit increase to House Republicans in a closed meeting on Thursday morning. He told his Republican colleagues they can’t keep fighting…
Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock. Potato sack races. Supermarket sweep using WIC vouchers. Obama-Boehner twerk-off. Cantor-Biden twerk-off. Bo-McConnell twerk-off. Final Jeopardy-style question on the topic “Famous Compromises”. Arm wrestling. Putin referees. Boehner and Obama each try Anna Kendrick’s “Cups” routine and the one…
Q. I want to sign up for Obamacare. What will it cost? A. Your soul. Q. I like my current doctor. Can I still see him/her under Obamacare? A. No. You may choose from a pre-approved list of doctors including…
If you don’t have time to read a whole post, I’m going to cut to the chase. I’m running a fundraiser for Feeding America to help stop hunger. You can donate by clicking on the image below. $1 to Feeding…
There are approximately 300,000,000 guns owned by private citizens in America. 11,000 of those guns will be used in a homicide. 19,000 of those guns will be used in a suicide. 600 of those guns will accidentally kill person. 78,000…
