…and pray for the people of Greensburg, KS, who had their town destroyed by a tornado…and for all those in the midst of the current tornado outbreak. My wife grew up in the middle of Kansas – about 90 miles from Greensburg – she knows of tornados and warnings and that kind of devastation.

The most important constituency watching last night’s Republican debate is the broadly-defined religious right. It is a group in huge transition – more and more evangelicals are rejecting the abortion- and gay marriage-only focus – but, it is obviously the most important group for the Republican primaries. So, the obvious question. Who won the first…

The Republican “debate” tonight wasn’t a debate – it was 10 guys on Hardball answering Chris Matthews’ questions. And if anything jumped out it was that President Bush has no philosophical coattails. There will never be any “Bush conservatives” and that is too bad. He had the chance – he was on the road –…

Time has come out with its list of the 100 most powerful/influential people alongside that list is a list of the 12 most powerful givers. First on that list is Angelia Jolie. Here is the description of her efforts: Cause: Helping refugees, disaster victims, orphans. Jolie, 31, began work with the U.N. High Commissioner for…

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