Republicans are invoking the Strom Thurmond rule as an excuse to deny President Obama his right to appoint a Supreme Court Justice. They aren't even going through the pretense of waiting until Obama nominates a new Justice before saying they intend to shoot him down.
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is getting serious about running for president as a third party candidate. In January, three of his associates said that he might run to stop Donald Trump or Ted Cruz from becoming president. That is a noble ambition, but it would be a disaster if Bloomberg went through with it.
I wrote an article two years ago about an attempt by some of Israel's supporters to pass a blatantly unconstitutional New York State bill that would punish supporters of BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions.) The bill failed back then, but its supporters are at it again.
Wow! A recent poll showed 41% of Trump supporters approved of bombing the fictional city of Agrabah.
This shows that the evilness of a significant number of Trump supporters is matched only by their stupidity.
It is evil to want to bomb a city you know nothing about.
Scared-of-their-shadow Republicans (and a few Democrats) are trying to block Syrian refugees from entering the U.S. They must not be allowed to win for the following reasons.
Dear Neera Tanden,
I am dismayed that you would lend help legitimize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his policies by asking him to speak before the Center of American Progress tomorrow.
Steven Colbert did a great thing. That's not news. Steven Colbert does a lot of great things. But this may be one of the best things he has done.
Read this very important article in Al-Monitor explaining that the two-state solution is dead and Israel is on the brink of a civil war.
Ben Carson has admitted he has a violent past. On NBC's Meet the Press he said,
As a teenager, I would go after people with rocks, and bricks, and baseball bats, and hammers. And, of course, many people know the story when I was 14 and I tried to stab someone.
