Nastiness Reigns in GOP Race

January 31, 2012

RightWatch: The negative ads that helped Romney win the Florida primary will hurt him in November.

Newt Rope-a-Dopes Mitt in South Carolina

RightWatch: It was too easy for Newt to portray him as out of touch, but don't count out Mitt yet.

Let's Face It: It's Romney vs. Obama

RightWatch: The Republican base may not love Mitt, but he will be a formidable foe.

Catching the South Carolina Fever

RightWatch: The closer politicians get to the Palmetto State, the dicier their rhetoric gets.

Iowa Caucuses: A Lowdown, Dirty Shame

RightWatch: The GOP showdown is just the beginning of what promises to be a nasty election season.

Silly Season's Greetings From Palin and Pals

RightWatch: Her jab at the White House holiday card is the latest instance of GOP yuletide lunacy.

Why Newt Gingrich Is Beyond Satire

RightWatch: No jokes here -- the candidate and his GOP opponents are silly enough on their own.

Cain's Over: It's Down to Romney and Gingrich

RightWatch: But the absurd climate that made Cain a contender may undo the current front-runners.

Racial Politics Did In the Super Committee

RightWatch: The deal was doomed by the GOP's desire to embarrass Obama and manipulate white voters.

Is Herman Cain Done?

RightWatch: As the allegations of sexual harassment pile up, his campaign may linger, but it's over.

Friendly Fire?

December 15, 2009

Twice in the past few weeks I’ve been the subject of a surprise attack by a well-known black newspaper columnist. What did I do to deserve this?

In American Schools, Racial Learning Gap Persists

This story on education in Wednesday's New York Times ought to scare the pants off all the nincompoops who believe we've arrived in post-racial America:I don't have an explanation for this seemingly unbridgeable divide.

The US Must Pull Out of Iraq and Afghanistan

Eight years on, the war in Afghanistan has become a loser. Instead of upping the ante by dispatching even more troops into this quagmire, Obama should pull them out immediately.

Obama's Jiminy Cricket

For eight long years, the law became whatever Bush and Cheney--especially Cheney--said it was. Under Attorney General Eric Holder, such disrespect for the law is not tolerated--even when the President himself would prefer to turn the page and move on.