Zombie Politics

I've been thinking a lot lately about how people become conservative. I realize that some of it is nature (Republican Brain and all) but...

When Donald Trump announced that he had nominated the White House physician to be the next secretary of veterans affairs I thought it was r...

Remember this? A couple of years later we had this... 2 members of U.S. military stop Islamist attacker on train in Belgium And ye...

A recent piece in the New York times details how socialists have finally come out of the closet and are feeling welcome by more people than...

"It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but someth...

A recent Facebook discussion over the Starbuck's "waiting for a friend while black" debacle got me to thinking about conserva...

In our region, the Twin Cities, there are four area codes (612, 651, 763, and 952). I live in 952 but my cell phone's number is in 651,...

Conservative ideology and stubbornness isn't limited to the Deep South. It can also be found in states like Minnesota. Lake Elmo is a ...

The consequences of greed and lax environmental regulation are coming home to roost in Alabama : A stinking trainload of human waste from...

Last Friday Donald Trump looked like he finally stopped knuckling under to Vladimir Putin when the US, UK and France hit Syrian chemical we...

The Twin Cities Metro area got a foot and a half of snow over the weekend much to the consternation of the denizens residing here. But the g...

After hitting some chemical weapons facilities in Syria, Trump was oblivious enough to tweet "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED". Does he not...

After flailing into a trade war with China that could bankrupt American pork and soybean producers, Donald Trump suddenly wants back into t...

Here's a perfect example of why it's sheer lunacy to arm teachers in schools: Not the most normal sight: a gun left in the bathro...

Today the White House announced that Donald Trump had canceled his trip to South America, where he was supposed to attend the Summit of the...

Someone is Wisconsin is making me very happy today. Check this out. A quick glance at Mad Dog Pac shows a grassroots...

A man died after his apartment caught fire in Trump Tower:   The fire on the 50th floor New York City's Trump Tower that left 67-year...

In the dumpster fire of the Trump administration the question is never whether someone is going to be fired. It's when . This week...