“More men have been elected between sundown and sunup than ever were elected between sunup and sundown.” – Will Rogers I cast my ballot for the 2012 presidential election today and I have no idea where it went or if… Read More ›
US Politics
One Nation, Indispensable, With Bluster and Pandering for All
What we witnessed last night was not a debate on foreign policy. It was not a nuanced discussion of America’s place in the world and the role we play in a post-Soviet international community. There was no real talk of… Read More ›
The POTUS Strikes Back
It’s over. Barring some sort of unforeseen political calamity over the next three weeks, Barack Obama has locked up a second term in The White House. Mitt Romney’s spirited comeback attempt over the past 10 days has turned out to… Read More ›
Who’s Up For Some Drug Supply Whack-a-Mole?
After almost four decades of The War on Drugs, President Obama and his administration finally declared a ceasefire during his first year in office. Regardless of your views on the efficacy and earnestness of this declaration, the fact remains that… Read More ›
Uncle Joe’s Finest Hour and a Half
Four years ago, I had no idea what he was thinking. After going through maybe the toughest primary fight in the history of the Democratic Party, then-Senator Barack Obama had in his pool of vanquished opponents an embarrassment of riches… Read More ›
What Time is it Mr. President?
President Obama has always been the unflappable one. From guiding our nation’s response to the recent attacks on our embassies to making the decision to send the Seals in after Bin Laden, he has been cool under pressure. What we… Read More ›
Unemployment’s Below 8%: So, Are We Recovered Yet?
With the release of the September jobs report, the new number du jour that is on the tips of the tongues of the national punditry is 7.8. According to the Labor Department, the unemployment rate in America dropped to 7.8%… Read More ›
Ruthless, Heartless & Running for Office
The names are familiar to all of us who spent our childhoods delivering flying elbows from the top turnbuckles of our living room couches and putting our friends in figure four leg locks. We spent many a Saturday morning and… Read More ›
They Have To Take You: Mitt Romney and ER Healthcare
Based on his recent comments, it would appear that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney supports a radical overhaul of preventative healthcare in America—namely in that he wants to prevent 50 million of us from getting it. Over the past few… Read More ›
Why North Dakota Matters More Than You Think This Election
Despite all of the patriotic pageantry and the endless invocations of the unparalleled freedom of the American people, it’s hard not to see through the sham that is our electoral process. To paraphrase George Orwell, it would appear that all… Read More ›
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