The religion writer for the Huffington Post who was part of a gay couple who met with the pope cautions those who are jumping to trash Pope Francis in a tweet.   @jaweedkaleem He criticized those who are maintaining that the pope was … [Read more...]

There are two problems with this obsession over the Hillary email situation. The first problem is one of substance. Yes we understand, she should not have muddled this line between a government account and a personal account. We get it. … [Read more...]

The United States is asleep on the refugee issue.  Wake up! It's falling on Europe's lap, but we caused it. To paraphrase Colin Powell 'we broke it- we own it'. Hungary did not invade Iraq. We did. We should accept at least a percentage in … [Read more...]

This is the sixth anniversary of the transition of Senator Edward Moore Kennedy after a battle with a form of brain cancer that is already more treatable than during his life, no doubt in no small part to funding for health care that he … [Read more...]

Yesterday on the PBS Newshour, there was a shocker when the former head of Israel's intelligence and special operations agency, the Mossad, Efraim Halevy, endorsed the Iran Agreement  (http://video.pbs.org/video/2365550482/), saying: "I … [Read more...]

The six members of the Walton family of Walmart in 2010 owned the same amount of wealth as the bottom 41.5% of ALL AMERICANS.  This fact has been pointed out many times by candidate Bernie Sanders. A simple question for each Democratic … [Read more...]

How many of you agree with me that Senators Markey and Warren should not now support Chuck Schumer for Majority Leader now that he is sabotaging President Obama's crown jewel in his civilized foreign policy? … [Read more...]

Obama's address today at American University is one of the most important addresses of his presidency, and perhaps more importantly is an indispensable explanation of why the Iran deal must be put into effect to preserve our national … [Read more...]

In a recent Commonwealth magazine article on Representative Katherine Clark, http://commonwealthmagazine.org/politics/a-rookie-on-pelosis-team/ author Shawn Zeller notes the following: “[Rep. Katherine Clark is] part of a new … [Read more...]

    Of all the contrasts in this year's elections, the most dramatic may be the difference in the way Seth Moulton and Scott Brown have talked about their military service.      Scott Brown has used his service in the … [Read more...]