by Terrance Heath | Apr 30, 2009 | Blog
Many people — including the president himself — have mentioned the absurdity of judging Obama's success at cleaning up messes that were decades in the making, based on his first 100 days in office. It's equally absurd to expect the first 100 days in the administration...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 15, 2009 | Blog
Hillary Clinton surprised me when she said, on a recent trip to Mexico, "Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade." Strong words, and far more sagacious than George W. Bush's declaration, during a trip to Mexico in 2001, that, "One...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 3, 2009 | Blog
"Budgets are moral documents" ~ Rev. Jim Wallis "What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility… This is the price and promise of citizenship." ~Barack Obama, January 20, 2009 There are moments when the stark contrast of values between progressives and...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 1, 2009 | Blog
Under normal circumstances, it wouldn’t occur to me to respond to the madness of Michele Bachmann. There’s a point at which merely legitimizes mindless rantings like hers, and dignifies them are more than they deserve. However, there is a point at which those unhinged...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 1, 2009 | Blog
Last week, I wrote: "After a transformational election and at the beginning of a transformational presidency, progressives need to remember: the real transformation hasn't happened yet." The truth is, there will be a transformation. The question is what kind of...
