August 22, 2014
What Politicians Can Learn From the Ice Bucket Challenge
John Calhoon did the honors. He was the one on Facebook who included me in this ALS Ice Bucket Challenge....
August 20, 2014
No Justice, No Peace: In the Middle East
I didn’t know James Foley, but I know well the University that shaped him. He studied History and played Rugby and thought about being a teacher in the inner city when he attended Marquette University....
August 19, 2014
The Passing of Jim Jeffords
In the opening months of the 107th Congress, with the House firmly in Republican hands but the Senate tied fifty-fifty, rumors started flying. Was somebody going to switch parties to give one party or the other firmer control of the...
August 15, 2014
The Transformation of Ourselves Alone and What It Means for US
Sinn Fein is gaining popularity in the Republic of Ireland, and it has nothing to do with the original purpose of the political arm of the IRA. And that is an important lesson for us here in the United States....
August 14, 2014
Reading Recommendations
I asked my Facebook friends for some reading recommendations. They had plenty....
August 13, 2014
The Obama Undertow Could Sink Franken
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Keep an eye on Minnesota. The state that gave us Michele Bachmann and Jesse Ventura just might decide to dump funnyman Al Franken from the Senate....