Author: Rick

Via Politico:In many ways the campaign in Massachusetts became a referendum not only on health care reform but also on the openness and integrity of our government process. It …

Obama's been spanked, make no bones about it:Republican Scott Brown has just won the Massachusetts special election to fill the seat left vacant by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, …

Matteo has wise advice:It occurs to me that if someone refers to someone else as a "teabagger", then the appropriate response would be: "If you're going to call him …

Like Ahmadinejad loves Israel... with as much substantive reason: Crossposted(*)....

... for chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chris Van Hollen who said the following about the Massachusetts Senate race:"Why would you hand the keys to the car …

We learn via Gates of Vienna of yet another fatwa:Wearing elaborate hairdos and being photographed before one's wedding are haram, against the Islamic religion and morality. Two all-female educational …

That from Mehmet Ali Agca, also known as the man who shot Pope John Paul II nearly 30 years ago, who was set free by authorities today:The last potential …

My wife works in the medical industry.  Nearly daily, she tells me of patients who walk into her office with an attitude of entitlement as large if not larger …

I kid you not:As audience members streamed out of Pres. Obama's rally on behalf of AG Martha Coakley (D) here tonight, the consensus was that the fault for Coakley's …

I watched a Haiti segment tonight on CBS' 60 Minutes... it was riveting, tragic, gut wrenching, sickening, appalling and more.  There were interviews with American surgeons using rum and …