Republicans with gay family members are coming out for gay rights, saying that familiarity breeds respect.
The Ethics of Death
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Whether it’s OK to use killer drones to blow people up depends on their citizenship and geographic proximity to the Good Old USA.
Love Reaper
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Will the next generation of killer drones have extra features to win over hearts and minds in the war on terror?
Freedom Marches Forward
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Gay marriage seems to be a historical inevitability. Let the self-congratulatory gladhanding begin! Who cares if we can’t make real progress on truly important issues?
Rise of the Econotraitors
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Both major political parties agree that deficit-reduction is suddenly the nation’s top priority. As budget cuts risk plunging the economy even further into recession/depression, no one stops to ask: why now?
Fake the Change
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According to an internal GOP report, Republicans lost the 2012 presidential election because they came off as smug and uncaring. Maybe they can learn from the Democrats.
Ten Years into the Iraq War
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The villains who lied the American people into invading Iraq are prospering. The Iraqis they killed, not so much.
Wounded Drone Warriors
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Won’t you reach out and help our brave wounded warriors as they come home from Iraq and Afghanistan?
As Ethical As a Three-Euro Note
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Senator Bob Portman, a Republican from Ohio, has opposed gay marriage. Now he has changed his mind. Why? Because his son came out as gay. The path to a politician’s heart, it turns out, is through his DNA.
A Man of Faith
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As head of the Jesuit order in Argentina during the 1970s, Pope Francis was silent as Jesuit priests were arrested and tortured by thugs working for the US-backed dictatorship at the time. Of course, he was a man of faith – probably too much faith.
