Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, one of many Republicans running for president, was recently asked about his change in position on raising the age of Social Security benefits to 70 for people currently 55 or older. Huckabee said in 2011 … Continue reading
“Liberalism” really isn’t all that liberal. Obama revealed as much in some recent comments he made which served to minimize the irrationality of racism, particularly anti-Semitic racism. In an interview with The Atlantic, Obama said: “The fact that you are … Continue reading
“The [GOP] does rely too much on older and white voters, and especially in rural areas, deaths from this group can be significant,” says William Frey, demography expert at the Brookings Institution. “But millennials (born 1981 to 1997) now are … Continue reading
Republican senator Rand Paul, who currently represents Kentucky and is a presidential candidate for the upcoming 2016 elections, told religious leaders during a private prayer breakfast recently that the First Amendment does not say religion has to be kept out … Continue reading
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took a feminist tone on Thursday. She told attendees at the sixth annual Women in The World Summit that “deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed” for the sake of … Continue reading
From BloombergNews.com 4/21/15: Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul says the author of the forthcoming book “Clinton Cash” briefed him on the book and that its allegations are “alarming.” The book by Peter Schweizer purports to show that donors to Hillary … Continue reading
President Barack Obama’s approval rating is rising as more Americans feel optimistic about the economy, according to a CNN/ORC poll released today (Tuesday). For the first time since May 2013, more Americans believe Obama is doing a good job (48 … Continue reading
According to conventional wisdom, Tea Party Republicans like U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, who’s running for president, are the true “Reagan conservatives” seeking to “take back” the Republican Party on matters of economics. However, there’s no evidence for this at all, … Continue reading
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican trying to gain traction in a crowded 2016 presidential field, on Tuesday proposed a major overhaul of the popular Social Security program for older Americans that would cut benefits for wealthy people. At … Continue reading
If you close your eyes and think of England when you have sex with someone, you do not enjoy it, but do it because you think you should. Just close your eyes and think of England. He’ll never notice. It’s … Continue reading
President Obama said Saturday that partisan wrangling over the nuclear agreement with Iran has gone beyond pale and said the harsh criticism of the deal “needs to stop.” Maybe he should tell this to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. … Continue reading
“It angers me to see mobs burning our flags and chanting ‘death to Americans’,” Rand Paul, who’s now running for president, is recently quoted as saying. “Until we name the enemy, we cannot win the war. The enemy is radical … Continue reading