Clinton’s Benghazi Hearing: Embarrassing and Unhelpful

Yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sat before Senate and House committees to report on her investigation into the Benghazi embassy attack.  Emotions have been sky-high: Republicans accusing the Obama administration of deliberately covering-up the truth while Democrats accuse Republicans of politicizing the murder of four Americans.  But none of the political atmosphere surrounding this […]

A Sign of the Times?

Yesterday the United Nations voted to recognize Palestinians as a non-member observer state.  This decision, I believe, shows two very important trends: first, it shows that the United States is beginning its decline as a world superpower; second, it shows that the world’s primary strategy for dealing with militant Muslims is appeasement. America rose to superpower […]

That Which We Cannot Give Up

I’ve heard a lot of talk about what the Republican Party needs to do, in the future, to win elections.  The consensus seems to rest on dropping our opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage.  However, those are two central issues that separate Republicans from Democrats, and those are the two issues which are of the […]

Winning the Weed

While the most momentous decision on Tuesday night was the re-election of President Obama, Colorado and Washington (state) voted to legalize recreational use of marijuana.  Along with this come several questions, but I want to answer two of them in this post.  First, what ethical implications are evident from this decision; second, what will this […]

It’s the End of the World!

Oh no!  The President of the United States just said he affirmed that he thinks that same-sex couples should be allowed to get married!  Of course, all of those exclamation marks were sarcastic.  But here, check this out: http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=politics/2012/05/09/sot-obama-same-sex-marriage.cnn So, the democratic, liberal President supports gay marriage.  And…we’re surprised?  I mean, really?  That is part […]