Thomas Sowell, in a RealPolitics article Cheap Politicians, raised a subject I have waffled on for decades.

Executive Summary

OUR NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR VICTORY IN IRAQ:
Helping the Iraqi People Defeat the Terrorists and Build an Inclusive Democratic State

Index | Summary | Part I | Part II | 8 Pillars

The Fair Tax proposed in HR25 would replace federal income and payroll taxes, Social Security/Medicare, self-employment, and corporate taxes.

Fifteen Major September 11 Family Organizations, Uniformed Firefighters
Association and Supporters Rally at Ground Zero to ‘Take Back the Memorial’

With all the blame flying around nowadays as each party looks for ways to
twist events to their advantage, it is so tempting to jump in and make retorts
about how much worse "their" political leaders performed.

American Red Cross Responds to  Hurricane Katrina with Largest Mobilization Effort in History

by: Bill Knell

As someone who once received the highest Civics exam score in the State of
Florida, it’s always fun to watch a mainline political party set itself up for a
devastating political defeat.

How the World's Smallest Political Quiz redefined politics, took over the Internet, impressed the experts, and made politics fun for more than 4 million people

by: Political Rouge

Televangelist Pat Robertson has been one of the kookier figures of the right for decades now.  I've always been amazed by his ability to run sentences together nonstop seemingly without a breath or lack of words.  Considering this crazy style of constant speech, it's not surprising he's  had plenty of slips for his enemies to pounce on.

A piece called "War Mom vs. Peace Mom" by Dan Froomkin was part of Washingtonpost.com today.   At first glance I thought "well maybe he's saying an anti-military mom's position would lead us to more war and loss of life, and a pro-military mom's point of view will bring us peace through strength...yeah right!