Maybe I just have too much empathy. But I admit shedding a couple of tears, standing in the East Room of the White House and watching the first African-American president of the United States nominate the first Latina to the … Read more »
Poor, poor Republican Party. After eight solid years of packing not only the federal judiciary but the U.S. Attorneys offices and the entire federal legal apparatus with right-wing loons, they must finally come to grips with the concept of a … Read more »
According to Judge Sonia Sotomayor, biography matters. President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court believes a person’s gender, ethnic background and upbringing will inevitably affect how he or she interprets the law.
She is absolutely correct.
The jurisprudence of Clarence … Read more »
Few issues are more pressing to President Obama right now than health care reform. As the New York Times recently reported, Obama has decided to “exert greater control over the health care debate,” with an “intense push for legislation” that … Read more »
You know what they say: “Be careful what you ask for, because you just might get it.”
Sadly, on one issue at least, that’s all too true of Senate Democrats. After praying so long for a 60-vote, filibuster-proof Democratic Senate, … Read more »
Yesterday’s tragic shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, by an “88-year-old white supremacist,” is the latest in a string of right-wing extremist attacks. The number of hate groups such as the “Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, racist … Read more »
Katie Hebert, age 4, is a very sick little girl. She gets severe seizure-like attacks that can last 11 hours from an undiagnosed neuro-developmental disorder. She is deaf in one ear, has a feeding disorder and requires daily medication for … Read more »
Participating in American democracy, if it can be called that, is something like attending a play or movie. You are immediately conscious of your role as a spectator, rather than an active participant in the proceedings. And you are immediately … Read more »
I couldn’t have been less surprised to read last week that an American G.I. had been charged with gunning down five of his fellow service members in Iraq. The fact that this occurred at a mental health counseling center in … Read more »
As we approach eight years of war, too many military families are quietly coming apart at the seams. The public hears the most dramatic stories and statistics — soldiers killing their wives, themselves, each other. Less well known are the … Read more »
