Today is Memorial Day, and we are at war, again

Today is Memorial Day, which, in paper, is set aside to honor those who serve the national interest in the armed forces. But no one, at least no one conducting the most attended conversations on the national stage, is discussing the servicemen and women we have inLibyaright now. Nor are they discussing the violations of [...]

Michele Bachmann “all in” for 2012?

Via the Minnesota Independent, some conspicuous closing remarks from a speech to some 200 loyalists in South Carolina: “And so now it’s for us. We decide. Do we go on? Or does the bubble burst? And I’ve made my decision. That’s why I’m here in South Carolina. Because I say the dream goes on,” she [...]

So much for a new tone

Today, we owe a debt to Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN). Only he had the courage to take to the podium and speak the truth that our national healing cannot begin until each and every one of us, on the right and left and every point in between, look deep inside ourselves and admit, We Are All Nazis.

Russ Feingold sweeps The Nation!

My alma mater’s shiniest new law school lecturer gives his first post-Senate interview. Have at it, Marquette people!

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