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“Gov Palin’s extracurricular efforts on behalf of her family probably stretch ethical boundaries but they are so inconsequential versus the enormous need for leadership our country now faces.  To fault her for these efforts to avenge her family name misses the larger need:  She operates on a pretty puny scale.  We need leaders to rise…

In desperation, apparently, Messrs. Hannity, Limbaugh and other principals of the Downstream Media are trying to make hay out of the fact that Barack Obama was known as “Barry” while a child but then opted to use his given name, “Barack,” as an adult.  This is suggested as evidence that Obama is, in fact, a…

Given the divisive role religion played in the 2004 election, many progressives have been waiting for a resumption of the culture wars in this election season.  Yet despite the addition of Sarah Palin to the Republican ticket, (a Pentecostal governor who strongly opposes abortion rights), there is little evidence that the social issues which played…

Where is the line in the sand that makes everyone stand up and agree that things have gone too far? That line that lets us know when a campaign has gone beyond nasty to dangerous, past negative to incendiary, past “this is the way politics is” to “things have gotten horribly, horribly out of control.”…
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