Ozzie’s Bogus Cuban Firestorm
Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen had to apologize yesterday after complaints regarding an interview he did with Time magazine, in which he was asked for his thoughts on Fidel Castro: I respect Fidel Castro. You know why? A lot of people have wanted to kill Fidel...
Sam Donaldson
Here's the conversation I had with Sam Donaldson this morning on KTRS/St. Louis about the ridiculous process by which we choose presidential candidates, whether Super Tuesday locks up Mitt Romney's inevitability, and whether Americans would support taking military...
Durst on Santorum
If you're not reading comedian Will Durst's commentary on the presidential race, you're missing some of the sharpest political satire around. Will's been doing it for years, but this year's GOP contenders have given him a mountain of material to strip-mine for laughs....
Time To Kill The Caucuses
With the results from the GOP caucuses in a constant state of flux -- I'm not talking about the candidates, but the actual balloting, if that's what you can call it -- and turnout percentages in the single digits, we are long past the point where caucuses should be...
Higher Taxes Don’t Stop Investors
The federal tax rate on capital gains is 15%, and we're told by those who oppose raising it that keeping the rate low will spur investment, which will create jobs. Today on KTRS/St. Louis, I talked with David Abromowitz (senior fellow at the Center For American...
Voting Yes With Feeling
Say all you want about what comes out of the mouths of politicians, but every once in awhile, you hear one speaking honestly, from the heart. Meet Maureen Walsh, one of two Republicans to help pass the marriage equality bill in the state of Washington...
Ellen Takes On The Haters
On her TV show today, Ellen DeGeneres opens by celebrating yesterday's decision by the 9th Circuit to overturn Prop 8, which banned gay marriage in California, and then goes on to discuss the group of bigots that tried to get JC Penney to drop her as a spokeswoman....
An Alternate Halftime In America
You've seen the Clint Eastwood "Halftime In America" commercial, but have you seen the alternate reality version?