There are events in everyone’s life that affect our views and attitudes even if we are not personally or even indirectly involved. One of the events that impacted the course and development of my political views happened 40 years ago today — the shootings at Kent State by the Ohio National Guard that left four […]
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Seems a California man’s appointment as a special assistant attorney general by South Dakota AG Marty Jackley is causing a bit of stir in California politics. California’s FlashReport blog reports that when Republican John Eastman formally filed as a candidate for California Attorney General yesterday, the former law school dean listed his occupation, which will […] There’s been tons of commentary on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, in which the Supreme Court said the government can’t restrict corporations from spending money to support or oppose individual candidates in elections. Yet there’s been meager discussion on one issue the decision raises — judicial activism. For years we’ve heard the GOP rallying […] How pervasive is the power of politics? About as pervasive as you can get, as evidenced by word that Sarah Palin is going to be at the local B&N for a book-signing on December 6. Palin is unquestionably the highest profile “author” to hit the local B&N. At least in my memory (which admittedly gets […] With the Cold War being waged for more than half my life, I was among the many millions fascinated with the fall of the Berlin Wall. Twenty years ago today, the East German government — intentionally or not — opened up its borders. For most, it is also perhaps the most substantive symbol of the […] |
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