Political commentary, opinion & insight into the state of the United States of America.

Was Bell, California, a wake-up call? It’s really hard to believe but in many cases local government may be stabbing you in the back deeper than Washington. How many more Bell California’s are there? Places without a newspaper, or a newspaper that watches, where the top three officials in town can give themselves $2 million Read the full article…

When your favorite pronoun is “I” and you are on TV every day, you stack up a lot of promises. There is no prioritization between your promise to close Gitmo and your promise to win in Afghanistan. Hundreds of promises made, few kept. Beginning with Gitmo. Of those few kept, most are not popular. You Read the full article…