When I was 17 and my parents told me we were moving to the United States of America I didn't quite know how to react to that piece of news, but when they told me we were moving to Texas the reaction was immediate: dread. I thought that people…
By: David Winston About six months ago, it became increasingly clear who would win the bid for the Republican nomination in the 2012 presidential elections: Mitt Romney. While many of the other contenders have surged in the polls intermittently, Michele Bachmann earlier this year, then Rick Perry, then Herman…
By: David Palsman Talking to a Communist friend of mine—though we usually disagree on most things political—he pointed out something that I hadn't thought about before: maybe we should elect a fundamentalist right-wing Republican as the next President. Not for the sake of saving our country, but to jumpstart…
By Jim Hoover Seeing the weak Republican presidential field, Rick Perry (above) looks good to Republican kingpins. Whether Rick Perry runs for president or not is immaterial. As another radicalized Republican, he is forced to follow the extremist path carved by Republican leadership, one supported by corporate money. That…