Karol Wojtyla
There has been a fair amount of comment, both pro and con, on the death of the Pope. Count me on the side of those who admired the man even while I disagreed with some of his and the Church's social...
View ArticleFranklin D. Roosevelt: Remembrance
Tomorrow is the 60th anniversary of the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt was unquestionably America's greatest 20th century president and, with Washington and Lincoln, its most important. All...
View ArticleEnd Military's Gay Ban Now!
There is no dumber policy and no bigger insult to our decency as a people than the military's idiotic ban on openly gay servicemembers. The Right proclaims its devotion to the Pledge of Allegiance but...
View ArticleI'm a Zionist and a Palestine-ist
Every time someone writes a diary about Israel and Palestine the fur (and troll ratings) are sure to follow. I've read a few diaries and comments where arguments broke out over whether it is racist to...
View ArticleHitler and the Church
The retrospectives of Pope John Paul II reminded us of the sharp contrast between the courage of John Paul in facing the Soviet empire and the lack of moral courage shown by Pope Pius XII in facing the...
View ArticleMy Profiles in Courage
As we approach the 50th anniversary of the publication of John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning Profiles in Courage, I have been thinking of who I would include in my Profiles in Courage. While...
View ArticleDean Opposes Immediate Withdrawal from Iraq
Some interesting thoughts from the supposed "wild anti-war liberal" Dean. Shows again that the media sticks with its caricatures regardless of the truth and also reveals AGAIN that Dean is a serious...
View ArticleAbraham Lincoln and the South's Great Miscalculation
One hundred forty years ago this month, the Civil War ended and Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. While we write frequently of Lincoln's inspiring rhetoric and his great leadership during the country's...
View ArticleThe Appeal of Adolf Hitler
On April 30, 1945 at 3:15 pm Berlin time, Adolf Hitler and his one day bride Eva Braun committed suicide in the so-called Fuhrerbunker beneath the German Chancellery Building. As we mark the 60th...
View ArticleApril Jobs Report: A Sober Warning to Us
Lately, we've been reading a host of diaries that paint a very rosy picture of our prospects for 2006 and 2008. Every day it seems we read of another poll that shows us ahead in this or that state, or...
View ArticleCardinal Mindszenty: Hungary's Beacon of Freedom
This week marks the thirtieth anniversary of the death of one of the 20th century's greatest champions of freedom - Cardinal Joseph Mindszenty. Cardinal Mindszenty was a stalwart opponent of both...
View ArticleFranklin Roosevelt's Most Courageous Decision
Today is the 64th anniversary of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II. On this anniversary, it is worth recalling Franklin Roosevelt's tremendous wartime...
View ArticleCasey & Rendell: Winning Over Purity
This week both Pennsylvania's Democratic Governor Ed Rendell and its Democratic Senate candidate Robert P. Casey, Jr. criticised our party's opposition to Judge Samuel Alito's nomination to the U.S....
View ArticleSupreme Court Upholds Military Recruiting
I was glad to see that the Supreme Court today unanimously upheld the federal law that requires universities to open their doors to military recruiters. This was a welcome ruling particularly for those...
View ArticleWhat Will Today's Job Gains Mean for 2008?
The Labor Department released another good jobs report today showing that the economy created nearly 250,000 jobs in February. What will these positive jobs reports mean for the Democratic Party's...
View ArticleWarner Gives Hope to This Democrat
It looks like we will have a number of heavyweight contenders for the next presidential election, from Hillary Clinton to Russ Feingold to, possibly, Wesley Clark and John Edwards, but none of these...
View ArticleLieberman v. Lamont: Happy Days or OMG?
Was it just a few short weeks ago that elation and utter joy sprang forth here with the defeat of Joe Lieberman in the Connecticut Democratic primary? Could it have been just two weeks ago? Oh how the...
View ArticleA Democratic Anti-Terror Policy
Most here I think would agree that fear of terrorism is likely to be a central concern of voters in 2008, and in the years beyond. We've seen how an unprincipled leader can use this fear to manipulate...
View ArticleLost in Space - Now THAT Was a Great Show
My wife recently bought me the first season DVD of Lost in Space (in glorious black & white). When I was a kid, Lost in Space was my favorite show. It had it all - adventure, excitement, great (for...
View ArticleAy Ya Ya Ya Ya!! - What Was He Thinking???
Do you remember when Ricky Ricardo would scream "Ay, Ya, Ya, Ya, Ya" when he got wise to another of Lucy's wild schemes ("Lucy, you got some 'splainin to do."). Well, I felt like Ricky yesterday when I...
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