Honoring Septima Clark
During this Black History Month I was deeply honored to be inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame at the same time as Mrs. Septima Clark -- the woman Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called the...
View ArticleHoward's Daily: How Congress Misses the Point on Regulatory Reform
This week the House passed several bills that purport to reduce excess or unwise legislation. Called the ALERRT Act (Achieving Less Excess in Regulation and Requiring Transparency Act), it would make...
View ArticleAnother Citizens United
Should the rich have a larger say in the outcome of elections? It sounds like a silly question to ask, but with the decision of Citizens United v. FEC, the answer seemed to be a resounding "yes." With...
View ArticleThe Ukrainian Eye of the Storm
Many saw last week's deposition of Ukrainian President Yanukovych as a triumphant display of positive change stemming from a revolution of the masses. Obviously, this has been a topic of discussion on...
View ArticleAndrés Bello and Protests: What This Means for Venezuela's Future
Andrés Bello, eighteenth century Venezuelan philosopher and Simón Bolívar's teacher, said that "only the unity of the people and the solidarity of its leaders guarantee the greatness of nations." This...
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Kristen Ellis-Henderson and Cathy Henderson of Antigone Rising Talk New EP...
This week I talked with Kristen Ellis-Henderson and Cathy Henderson, co-founders of the all-female alternative country rock band Antigone Rising. After touring with acts such as The Rolling Stones,...
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Inevitable Hillary?
"Walter F. Mondale now holds the most commanding lead ever recorded this early in a Presidential nomination campaign by a nonincumbent, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll." -- New...
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Friday Talking Points -- Republicans' Foot-Shooting Party
President Obama is giving an address on the situation in the Ukraine as this is being written, so we're going to wait until next week to draw any conclusions for American domestic politics, just to...
View ArticleA Veto in Arizona
And your religious "right" to refuse service to gays and lesbians? Actually, no.
View ArticleNetanyahu's Games
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu never tires of inventing new hoops through which he insists Palestinians jump. As he acknowledged a few weeks back, it's all part of a cynical game that he...
View ArticleSpace Debris Demands a Global Approach
The conversation around space debris has reached a crescendo in recent months with the movies Gravity and Space Junk. By now, you're likely familiar with the stats that characterize the issue: Today...
View ArticleDisincentivizing Work and Hurting Seniors: The Reality of Obama's Agenda
As we enter March, the nightmare that is Obamacare continues to seek and destroy the pocketbooks of hardworking Americans. Just recently, Americans have learned that the law will "reduce the American...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Likes Obamacare, And Opposes Single-Payer Health Insurance
Hillary Clinton has confirmed, to a paying audience of 20,000 sellers of electronic health records systems, that she supports Obamacare, and opposes single-payer health insurance. Speaking to a...
View ArticleThe Impact of the Next President on the Supreme Court
If the next president wins two terms, regardless of the party, the Supreme Court could reach a near ideological monopoly unknown in the post-World War II era of American History, perhaps a monopoly...
View ArticleTsar Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin is escalating the stakes by intervening in the Ukraine, and effectively taking control of the Crimean peninsula. On Saturday, the Russian Parliament gave Putin...
View ArticleThe Promise of Affordable Health Care for Floridians
March 31 is just around the corner and Planned Parenthood staff and volunteers are working double time to ensure our patients and the communities we serve have information about new, more affordable...
View ArticleWhat Does Putin Want in Ukraine?
The first thing to be said about the question I've posed in the title is that no one truly knows -- and you shouldn't believe anyone who says they do. Even Vladimir Putin is unlikely to have figured...
View ArticleUkraine Is the Latest Stage for the Continuing Battle Between East and West
The protests and political unrest occurring in Ukraine highlight the ongoing battle for hearts and minds in the post Cold War era. The economic battle between the 'East' and 'West' continues to be...
View ArticleEnsuring Free and Fair Elections
For decades, the Communist governments of East-Central Europe held elections. And for decades, these elections produced more-or-less the same results. The Communist Party candidates -- or the...
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