Right after graduating from Northeastern University in 1974 I was hired by my late friend, Democratic operative Dottie Lynch, to work at Cambridge Survey Research ; a polling company founded by Patrick Cadell, pollster to a peanut farmer … [Read more...]

With yesterday's announcement that supporters of the Iran Peace Deal have the 34 votes in the Senate needed to sustain the President's announced veto of the Republican opposition resolution the vote in the House becomes … [Read more...]

Julian Castro was appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by President Obama in 2014.  He is the former Mayor of San Antonio, Texas where he earned a national reputation as a leader in progressive urban development.  … [Read more...]

Jimmy Carter wasn't the greatest President but he should be honored and remembered as the greatest man who was President. When asked about his future priorities after being diagnosed with cancer the 90 year old former President said : " … [Read more...]

Litmus-test liberals demand their candidates must always fight for the whole loaf and pillory their opponents' candidates for compromising when necessary to move the country forward by negotiating to get the half a loaf that is the best … [Read more...]

Last night 24 million of our fellow Americans tuned in to a premier performance any sane person could only describe as a mindless cacophony of know-nothing crazy. The screeching dissonance ranged from threatening to bolts of … [Read more...]

Polling confirms that 75% of Americans believe that discrimination in housing, employment, etc. based on sexual orientation is illegal.  [But they're wrong: as of today, at least 28 states offer no such protection to LGBT Americans, and … [Read more...]

As a recent retiree from public service, I spent the day watching news coverage and analysis of the opening of the Cuban embassy in Washington D.C.  I felt a sense of pride after hearing that the Cuban Foreign Minister ordered the playing … [Read more...]

By announcing the historic breakthrough for Iran to give up the nuclear bomb in exchange for the world lifting economic sanctions and freeing up $100 billion in frozen assets, President Obama said : " This deal is not built on trust.  It is … [Read more...]

" We have met the enemy and he is us. "   POGO The brazen pre-meditated murder of nine African - American Christian worshipers in South Carolina, including their beloved minister, by a gun-toting, white American supremacist should serve … [Read more...]