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The Colors of a Changing Political Prism Pennsylvania, Texas and Ohio have voted, Hillary is still clinging to strands of presidential hope and the American media is back to having nothing to do. So instead of focusing on real stories like our troops in harm's way, they propagate stories... ( added 1 year 206 days ago.)

The Competition for Thoughtful Minds This week, the Associated Press ran a story about a bookstore owner who held a book-burning protest against "what he sees as society's diminishing support for the written word." Tom Wayne, owner of Prospero's Books in Kansas City, MO almost flamed... ( added 2 years 177 days ago.)

Mary "Mother" Jones: The Miner's Angel (May 1, 1830 - Nov 30, 1930) "No matter what the fight, don't be ladylike! God Almighty made women and the Rockefeller gang of thieves made the ladies." As we prepare to honor our mothers this week, our minds go back to all of the sweet nurturing times, talks at the... ( added 2 years 197 days ago.)

The First Casualty of War is Truth In the same month the White House claims to have lost millions of emails and the U.S. Attorney General is walking a tight rope for not leveling with the American people and Congress, the Army is now under fire for inflating and apparently lying... ( added 2 years 209 days ago.)

The Imus Controversy: Race, Gender or Something Else? The epithet heard 'round the world has felled a radio icon, evaporated almost $25 million in revenue and rattled at least one major stock. The recent comment by radio talk show host Don Imus has also touched off a national discussion that appears... ( added 2 years 222 days ago.)

Congress Should Tell Bush "Take It or Leave It!" The United States Congress and President Bush are engaged in a game of "Chicken". Each one is doing their best to put on a brave face and avoid making a strategic blunder in their fight over funding for the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. However... ( added 2 years 227 days ago.)

Connecting The Dots - Washington Style People in Washington are beginning to connect the dots. Two weeks ago I stated that in his investigation of the Valerie Plame CIA leak, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald was getting close to something important but never discovered what it... ( added 2 years 243 days ago.)

Presidential Pardons Were Made for Cases Like Scooter Libby’s Last week, Vice President Dick Cheney’s former Chief of Staff I. Lewis “Scooter" Libby was convicted in federal court of perjury and obstruction of justice. Given the fact that it was one of the most highly politicized trials in years, the howls... ( added 2 years 258 days ago.)

Obama Proves He’s The New Sheriff in Town In the untamed streets of presidential primary politics, Senator Barack Obama is defying his critics, trading political bullets with the most dangerous gunslingers alive and redefining who may be the Democratic party’s power broker of the future.... ( added 2 years 272 days ago.)

A Prelude To Rosa Parks: The Story of Heman Marion Sweatt (1912 - 1982) Nine years before Rosa Parks changed a nation by refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery city bus, another undistinguished African-American stepped into civil rights history. By refusing to accept "Whites Only" as a response to... ( added 2 years 285 days ago.)

Is Bush Baiting the Democrats? The President’s speech is over and the lines have been drawn….again. The American public, the Democrats, the generals, the Iraqis and increasingly more Republicans are all saying “NO" to a surge in American troops in Iraq. Nevertheless, President... ( added 2 years 314 days ago.)

A Clinton-Obama Ticket for 2008? As we turn the corner into 2007, the race for president is heating up and all the attention seems to be focused on Barack Obama’s potential candidacy. Will he run? Does he have enough experience? Is America ready to elect an African American for... ( added 2 years 345 days ago.)

Iraq Deserves a Homegrown Solution Since 2003, Americans have been discussing and debating the merits of setting timetables for bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq. The major point of criticism against setting a future date or triggering events for withdrawing troops from the... ( added 2 years 358 days ago.)

Mid-Term Election Scorecard (2006) With the 2006 Mid-Term elections only five weeks away, the tension in the air is building. Every politico and talking head on TV pretends to know the results but everyone is secretly wondering, “How bad is it going to be for the Republicans?" In... ( added 3 years 47 days ago.)

The Two Ships that Got Away: An Update to the Jamestown Colony Story In 1607, Jamestown became the 1 st permanent English settlement in the Americas . For centuries, very little was known about the origins of a group of Africans that landed there in 1619. In fact, the reliance by historians on a few surviving... ( added 3 years 59 days ago.)

Hurricane Katrina: A Historical Analysis As we watched the televised evacuation of New Orleans and other areas along the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast , most of us didn’t realize were watching the direct descendants of slaves, freedmen and other Civil War refugees who were forced out of... ( added 3 years 82 days ago.)

Floyd Landis: The Antithesis to Lance Armstrong? The last week in July 2006 set a new standard for shock and awe: three unrelated sports doping cases in the news at once. Barry Bonds, slugger for the SF Giants has lingered in the news for months over steroid allegations. Add to that Floyd Landis... ( added 3 years 105 days ago.)

Was Ken Lay Treated Fairly? In the aftermath of a criminal trial and the unexpected death of Enron founder and former CEO Kenneth Lay, the question arises: Was Ken Lay treated fairly? Science fiction writer Lois McMaster Bujold stated, “The dead cannot cry out for justice... ( added 3 years 136 days ago.)