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Can reason exist in today’s hyperbole-driven political environment?
The Democratic and Republican onventions may still be a couple of months away but the stage is already set and the nominees determined: Incumbent President Barack Obama and Republican challenger…
Who do we like for President? Not a damn one of these clowns
Whenever Capitol Hill Blue publishes an article questioning the actions, policies or beliefs of an elected official or candidate for office, too many of the masses out there assume putting…
Pop culture politics and the Palin paradox
According to the book — and movie — “Game Change,” 2008 Republican Presidential nominee John McCain’s presidential campaign staff found vice presidential pick Sarah Palin on YouTube. After deciding to…
Ron Paul throws in the towel and Rand endorses Mitt: Is the revolution over?
Texas Congressman — and three time Presidential loser — Ron Paul admitted the obvious this week. He won’t win the GOP Presidential nomination. He won’t even come close. In an…
Eighteen years
Tonight, I will join a group of friends who are as much an important part of my life as my wife and other loved ones. At some point, I will…
Voter fatique, anger and hate: A deadly trio that threatens America
In Wisconsin Tuesday, voters go to the polls for the seventh time in 14 months. That’s an election every 60 days. With recalls, special elections and whatnot, voters in Wisconsin…
The Edwards case: Adultery may be a sin but it’s not a crime
Legal analysts told Capitol Hill Blue before the trial against John Edwards began in North Carolina last month the case against the former Senator and Presidential candidate was doomed. While…
The race for the nomination is over. Time for the GOP to get its act together
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney clinched the Republican nomination for President Tuesday night with a convincing win in Texas, a state where Ron Paul‘s never-say-die supporters carpet-bombed the web with…
Memorial Day
On Memorial Day, it should not matter if you are Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, independent or a political agnostic. It should not matter if you are conservative, liberal or uncommitted. It…
The sounds of thunder
He snapped awake at 0500, a full 30 minutes before the alarm was set to go off. For more than 30 years, he had been waking up at 5 a.m. It…
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