It's bad enough when a member of the highest court in the land, Antonin Scalia, takes a repulsive attitude toward ...   more »

The President of the United States this morning declared a state of war on the United States and it's citizens, at least the majority of Americans, by nominating Samuel Alito to replace the failed nomination of Harriet Miers who was to replace the moderate right jurist Sandra Day O'Connor.   more »

As religious extremists supposedly gained ground last year in helping President Bush and his party in Congress get elected last year, they demand more and more. Calling such Christian extremists American Taliban is not that much of an exaggeration.   more »

Today, Senate Majority Leader, Republican Dr. Bill Frist of Tennessee did an about face and has decided to support a ...   more »

As predicted, President Bush chose a very conservative jurist to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the US Supreme Court - John G. Roberts. But the President was clever - he chose a nominee with a small judicial record. Judge Roberts has been on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit only since June 2003. There is little in his judicial record to implicate how he would decide cases before the US Supreme Court.   more »

The retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor from the US Supreme Court is a deeply serious matter for lovers of true ...   more »

When I kept hearing about the likely retirement of US Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist, I was not concerned. So what if President Bush replaces an arch-conservative with another arch-conservative. The ideological balance on the court would remain the same. Instead, today showed why November 2, 2004 was soooo critical to moderation and reason in American politics.   more »

For those who believe religious extremists are primarily concerned about gay rights and abortion, think again. As a staunch defender of the First Amendment, even in my days as a fundamentalist Baptist, I have always believed public officials have a right to declare their religious beliefs if they so choose as guaranteed by the free speech clause of the amendment. But public officials do not have a right to impose their religious dogma on the public also thanks to the First Amendment, the clause that separates church from state.   more »

Political passion is as old as the human race. I'm sure our primitive ancestors living in caves had their councils and disagreements about priorities for the community.   more »

As Rowland Nethaway, Senior Editor of the Waco Tribune-Herald opines, why was Monday's deal in the US Senate between moderates in the Republican and Democratic parties so surprising?   more »