The response from Newt Gingrich to the question at the debate asking him if he asked his wife for an “open marriage,” in other words the right to cheat on her right under her nose with her permission, and the reaction of the crowd in South Carolina, was chilling if one is rational. It was the roar of the mob.

   Columnist – John SammonThe U.S. Marines seen urinating on the corpses of Taliban enemies, and those posing with the body of a 10-year-old Afghan boy proudly as though they’re readying to mount him on the hood of their jeep like you would a deer after a hunting expedition, will eventually be expected to rejoin American [...]

Aside from his reputation for flip-flopping on issues and tailoring every speech to suit the crowd he’s speaking to, until this week Mitt Romney has run an almost flawless campaign if such a word can be used, basically making fewer mistakes than his rivals. Until this week, when he said he “enjoys firing people.” Now in fairness, Mitt meant that you should get good service from service providers and you should replace them if they don’t provide good service.

   Columnist – John SammonWe committed what amounts to a genocide in Iraq. I’m ashamed of this country for its role in Iraq. A foreign head of state participating with the president in laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier? Let me get this straight. We invade Iraq based on false weapons of [...]

This letter is a formal apology to the generation to come in the year 2060, for the sorry depleted state we left to you of the world. Our world. The world we left to you is sadly a much more drab and inhospitable place because we lacked the courage to do what was right and to work together to curb the greenhouse emissions and resultant global warming and damage that you, the generation of 2060, can now see with your own eyes.