Common Sense

Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize. I probably should have mentioned that before Tila Tequila.
John Dickerson wonders if this will make him rethink running for the White House. He hasn’t said definitively “no way,” but I don’t think he really wants to. It was such a harsh experience last time around, I can’t imagine […]

Timothy Noah over at Slate thinks that Bush’s veto of the S-CHIP reauthorization is bound to grease the wheels for those of us who want universal health care. I’m a little skeptical, but still hopeful, that he’s right about that.
S-CHIP has become a very important program for a lot of poor and middle class families. […]

Today several of the U.S. intelligence agencies released a report that paints a grim outlook for the future of Iraq… politically.
The assessment, known as the National Intelligence Estimate, casts strong doubts on the viability of the Bush administration strategy in Iraq. It gives a dim prognosis on the likelihood that Iraqi politicians can heal deep […]

As Bruce Fein says in Wednesday’s Slate, we can’t just take impeachment off the table.
Not when our brilliant commander-in-chief believes that we should have staid in Vietnam and uses that analogy to keep us in Iraq.
The president said US involvements in Vietnam and in other places in Asia was not popular during that time and […]

You know things are getting dirty in presidential politics when the unofficial Sam Brownback Myspace site is asking you to join the “Ron Paul Supporters Suck” group.
Should I join the group. I mean, as far as viability goes, Ron Paul has more money in the bank than John McCain.
But I still think Paul is […]

Ron Paul, fast becoming THE most popular presidential candidate on the Web, is strong on the issues.
But is he strong enough to defeat the Loch Ness Monster? Let’s watch the debate before deciding for ourselves. And remember, he’s got that whole Ron Paul dollar thing backing him up, so he’s pretty strong.