June 5, 2008. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich publishes a piece on the upcoming presidential election in Human Events – the self described headquarter of the conservative underground. It is titled: “My Plea to Republicans,” and ties the recent loss in a Louisiana Congressional election to what he warns could end in disaster in the coming November election. His strategic piece highlights painful figures for the GOP – an 18 point Congressional polling  deficit “reminiscent of the depths of the Watergate disaster.” He warns the GOP’s current attack ads and …

Recently, after a quiet few months on the subject, President Obama ordered the Department of Justice to release memos on interrogation, and of course — the infamous waterboarding. Many of the the liberal media outlets cried out to exploit the supposed unconstitutionality of the Bush administration, while the conservative media spoke relatively quiet on the subject. 
So in a short post — I’d like to open this up to the commenters: what means of torture (if any) is acceptable — even if it gives valuable information?

Measuring a person’s right to express themselves is constitutionally guaranteed, but one thinking quite radically may cite some minor flaws. 
In the wake of one of the worst recessions our domestic economy has ever experienced, one might expect the inevitable — a grassroots political rally that uprises middle and urban America to protest somewhat unpopular decisions by the federal government. But in one of the rarest cases, this essential Democratic concept seems to partially damage the political system with its string of complications. 
Held across the country, the April 15 Tax Day Tea …

Published as guest post on Involuntary Fury
In a growing age of overpaid and overworked cinema that seems to be angled exactly in the path of money, it is never a bad idea to walk outside and take a breath of fresh air. And essentially, with that, I have summed Kevin Macdonald’s State of Play.
If one decided to find a well paced, well worked plot illogical twists, a good dose of action and a popular but unquestionably skilled cast in the past few years, he/she would be hard pressed to find …