Zombie Politics

On Christmas Eve it was 73 degrees in New York City. On Christmas Day people were playing beach volleyball in Central Park, wearing a Sant...

Looking back on this year, I suppose I could note the various accomplishments that the president helped to achieve (Iran, final legality of ...

Paul Krugman put it best recently when he noted that Republicans are getting the candidate they deserve in Donald Trump. Donald Trump as ...

In the last week three stories hit the news that illustrate the silliness of the notion that more guns are more better: 1) In Chicago, co...

Check this out... Seriously!!

This piece from The Trace is the best gift I've received this holiday season. I had no idea that there was this much progress on the is...

Politico has a piece up about the whole boiling pit of sewage message from the GOP and how easily they can fall into disseminating it. For...

Reprinted in its entirety... To our Christian brothers and sisters: Out of our shared love for the Messiah, Jesus, Son of Mary, Peace B...

In what has become an annual tradition here at Zombie Politics,  we turn to Dylan Thomas' "A Child's Christmas in Wales." ...

Last week Ted Cruz released a video in which he pimped his daughters to make a political point ("How Obamacare Stole Christmas"). ...

The main reason why the Right are so out of their minds right now is this. Why America Is Moving Left It means that on domestic policy—f...

In the Democratic debate one of the questions dealt with the epidemic of heroin overdoses that has hit the country in recent years. But it...

Yeah, why aren't we?

Well, Lindsey Graham is out of the GOP race. Does anyone really care? I for one will miss his little seen performances in the undercard deba...

I'd say this is a metaphor for about eight zillion things...:)

Rip Donald Trump all you want but I think his "block all Muslims" comment was the best thing that ever happened. Why? Check out hi...

Here are my thoughts on the new Star Wars film The Force Awakens  (WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD) I give it an 8 out of 10. I gave the ot...