Pierre Atlas has sent his most recent column for Real Clear Politics. As usual, he offers a clear-headed analysis, this time, of the current GOP.
The Republican Party is in trouble, and it’s not Colin Powell’s fault.
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Insightful
Most of us who blog here at the AVA, or who visit the site, share a frustration with zealotry. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I have often had difficulty explaining why my allegiance to certain constitutional principles is any different from–or preferable to–the beliefs that (to use an extreme example)led to the murder of Dr. George Tiller.
Centrism is as Centrism Isn’t…..
Domestic Terrorism
If you doubt the existence of Christian Terrorists who are every bit as fanatical as the Islamic Terrorists Dick Cheney is always warning us about, this summary of responses to the cold-blooded murder of Dr. Tiller might make you less skeptical.
Oh, Give it a Rest!
The crap being thrown at Judge Sonia Sotomayor is unbelievable. Her critics have made a big deal out of ONE sentence about Latina judges bringing a different sensibility to the bench; they are insisting it is evidence of racism. I did something unheard of–I read the whole speech from which this one sentence was yanked–and it is VERY obvious that her point was anything but.