Deep Thought

January:  Doug Jones will be sworn in as the new Senator from Alabama.  He will have to dodge Roy Moore, who will run in and try to snatch ...

Today Donald Trump spoke about how the U.S. would continue to engage in international leadership,  while criticizing 'revisionist' p...

If current reports are accurate, the Trump administration (remember Trump ran on a neo-isolationist policy in which while he promised to get...

Eight years ago I wrote a post entitled, January 20, 2001- January 20, 2009: The Record of the Bush Economy As Donald Trump begins hi...

January:  Donald Trump is inaugurated.  He causes a furor when he interrupts his inaugural address mid-sentence to complain about two female...

Back in early 2008,  Ann Kirkpatrick was doing an event in Winslow as she was running in a primary for what would eventually become a succ...

A century and a half ago, this very night, Abraham Lincoln was martyred.  John Wilkes Booth, a leading actor of his day, had shot the lead...

Lately all the speculation about Jeb Bush has focused on his last name,  asking whether as a ‘Bush’ he can win following his father and his...

Over the past twenty-four hours I've had a couple of events that have caused me to contemplate the death penalty and clarify how I feel ...

Have you ever had the experience of hearing somebody claim to be the exact opposite of what they are? It can be jarring, but that's ...

One hundred years ago today, we lived in a different world. Colonialism was in full swing. European powers justified it with notions of ...

While away from a computer for several days, I did have an epiphany, one of those things that ties a lot of things together. The Tea Party...

I’ve been following the recent controversy over Cliven Bundy, and there is one politician in particular who has completely unimpressed me...