Justices Scalia and Ginsburg were friends – why is it so hard for Republicans and Democrats?
Justices Scalia and Ginsburg had a years-long friendship despite ideological differences. So why is it so hard for Democrats and Republicans?
Stories by John_R_Wood
Being Black on Independence Day
It’s not a day to celebrate the freedom and independence of America. It’s an excuse to barbeque, and blow stuff up.
‘Game of Thrones’ and the quest for political power
In a land constantly at war, in a society where the law is no more than the competing wills of lords and kings, death is an eager visitor to the weak and strong alike.
Transgendering America: Confusing equality with privilege
The transgender fight is about privilege of the few over the rights of the many. It is not a civil rights fight. It is political pandering at its best.
Why the Trump vs. Sanders Debate Should Happen
Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump for all of their strident differences have already begun to forge a bipartisan consensus between the colliding anti-establishment movements which they represent.
Obama’s Syrian freeze: Polarizing Americans on refugees
Under the Presidential nose, with a substantial number of house Democrats voting with a united Republican majority, the refugees are now a bipartisan issue
How Donald Trump wins the White House
But you don’t build a multi-billion dollar business empire in real estate, entertainment, and retail without understanding precisely what it is that makes people want to buy.
Rand Paul’s identity crisis — to be or not to be Republican
Much of Rand Paul’s campaign to date has been petulant and irritable, despite having a strong message, instead of strength he delivers anxiety.
Why Donald Trump is good for America’s politics
In his presidential bid, Donald Trump has dominated the media. He might be just what we need to counter Hillary Clinton's dominance of liberal coverage
Unify LA: Changing hearts, changing communities
LOS ANGELES, June 17, 2015 — There’s a movement bubbling up in Los Angeles County that’s gone little noticed by the media. “Unify LA” hasn’t attracted the attention of a sensationalist press or seen any coverage on CNN. Yet on Father’s Day, June 21, 2015, thousands of people will be convening at the Staples Center ...
Why Rand Paul is Captain America
Increasingly and in many different respects that the punishment comes before the crime, and that this effect of the zealousness of criminal prevention is enabled by the increasing vastness of our domestic intelligence gathering efforts.
Do Americans want another President like Frank Underwood?
Our government fails because it does not lend itself political risk taking, because power is held by the office holders driven by their desire to get re-elected.
Who is Jesus? God, Son of God, Savior, Prophet
God the Father is described as acting through Jesus, and we are described as reaching God the Father through Jesus.
Jonathan Gruber: Speaking the truth about American politics and voters
The American people need to be educated more than we have been on the details of the legislative process and the real substance behind what politicians tell us.
The Immigration Debate: The heart vs. the mind
We have an obligation to help the nations who are our neighbors, but The United States cannot adopt all the at-risk children of the world. That has to end.
Donald Sterling and Cliven Bundy: They are who they are because of who they are
While their thinking is one that most of us should like to see become extinct entirely, we should not judge them for being products of the past.
Bush – Conservatism vs. Obama – Liberalism: Is one worse than the other
But if we are to judge presidents according to the actions and conduct of their peers in history, we find that neither of these men are radically out of step with precedents set by previous occupants of the oval office