When you get an entire state party to change how it nominates a president you know either you have power, or your party can’t find anyone better. This is where …
As I watch the non-stop coverage of Donald Trump I wonder. Currently the cameras are fixed to the sky – at Trump’s giant name-tagged jet performing a fly-by over an …
While most democrats I know brush this question off with a simple, “because the right-wing republican base is full of ignorant hee-haws who like bombastic a**holes“, I have a couple …
“What would Alpha do?” A preface: Some credit for this beta male analysis must be given to one of my favorite authors, Christopher Moore, who wrote a book that humorously analyzes beta …
GOP Rapture (no, not CPAC), why Obama is the cause of the End of Days, and blame as the cause for politico-religious extremism. Michele Bachmann has been spending time in …
Analysis of SLO County politics. SLO county supervisor races and candidates. Election Updates (click link to jump): Welcome & Introduction (if you’re new read first so you have context) Republicans vs. …
Ted Cruz wants the faithful at Liberty University to imagine all the people having Ted Cruz as their president. (I would file that under, “imagine there’s no heaven”.) If John …
Know thyself is for philosophers. Love thyself is for politicians. To be an effective ruler requires confidence. Being able to make decisions that impact a large number of people mandates …
Chances are high that all red-blooded Americans (and even some blue-blooded) survived the wonderful evolutionary period known as “The Teenage Years”, which – thanks to the genetic bond that makes parents …
Two events sparked this “what caused political extremism?” rant: Fox News going dark on Dish Network, and North Korea going dark on the Internet. In their own ways both events …
PREFACE: “Party of emotion” is credited to commentary seen with Jonathan Capehart, and “Gravity of Discontent” to Thomas Frank within the same scenery. While it’s doubtful I’ll add qualitatively to their comments …
While politicians are hell-bound to party labels and the money that comes with them, when given the opportunity to vote on policy Americans tend to reach a consensus. Policy consensus already …
