I can drive 55. Can a Congress of Nuts do the same?

Two important dates are fast approaching: Thursday, the 28th of October and Tuesday, Nov. 2. The latter date is probably more recognizable to, at least, some Americans as it is when the mid-term general elections will be held across the country. All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, slightly more than one-third of …

Right wing candidates behaving like drug cartel thugs

Some of the loudest squawking about illegal immigration is coming from the Right and specifically Tea Party types. Those same types are also using the drug cartel violence as a major reason for supporting moves such as mass deportation or imprisonments of illegal immigrants not to mention locking down the borders. So perhaps it is …

The Austin plane crash was a criminal act! No, it was an act of domestic terror! No, it's two, two, two acts in one!

“Tastes great! Less filling! Tastes great! Less filling!” I suppose it to be somewhat flippant to talk about the aftermath of yesterday’s suicide plane crash in Austin in terms of a beer commercial. But then, some of the discussion bouncing around as to whether the incident was solely a criminal act or an act of …