by Terrance Heath | Aug 18, 2014 | Conservatism
Rep. Mo Brooks (R, Alabama) recently accused Democrats of waging a “war on whites.” In Ferguson, Missouri, where Michael Brown — an unarmed, 18-year-old, young black man — was shot and killed by a police officer, there is no question against whom war is being waged....
by Terrance Heath | Aug 15, 2014 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Two tragic events this week gave right wingers an opportunity to show some humanity and decency. As usual, wingnuts did not exactly cover themselves in glory. Instead of rising to the occasion, they sank to new lows. Most Americans were sad to learn that beloved...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 14, 2014 | Conservatism
The latest “Libertarian Moment” is upon us, and will expire once it runs headlong into its own inherent shortcomings and the reality of a populist majority. Blink, and you’ll miss it. Robert Draper, in the New York Times, asks “Has the Libertarian Moment Arrived?”,...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 8, 2014 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Sen. Rand Paul turned tail and ran away when confronted by undocumented DREAMers. But the GOP has a “Latino problem” it can’t run from, and right-wingers seem determined to make it worse. Sen. Paul was with fellow-Republican Rep. Steve King in Iowa when undocumented...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 6, 2014 | Conservatism
On Saturday morning, 500,000 Toledo, Ohio, residents woke to an urgent warning that their tap water could make them very, very sick. Toledo’s water crisis is over, for now, but the “perfect storm” that created it rages on. Mayor D. Michael Collins lifted the tap water...
