‘Annie Oakley’ and gun control
by Frank James Is gun control soooo yesterday for "Annie Oakley?" That seems the theme of today's Politico.com piece on Sen. Hillary Clinton which previews her speech scheduled for within...
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Alan Keyes bolts GOP
Alan Keyes during the Des Moines Register Republican Presidential Debate, Dec. 12, 2007. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) by Frank James It's fair to say Alan Keyes, a former Reagan-era State Department...
McCain’s ‘nod’ to old age
by Frank James For those who missed it (I was one of them until someone sent me the video,) here's a funny moment at yesterday's appearance by Sen. John McCain...
Aging boomers to strain docs
by Frank James The nation has had decades to prepare itself for the arrival of Baby Boomers into advanced middle age and senior citizenhood. But to probably no one's surprise,...
Obama’s Gary Hart blunder?
by Frank James No, we're not talking about the "Monkey Business" boat incident and the accusations of having an affair which drove Gary Hart, then a Democratic senator from Colorado,...
Bush aide’s Nepal, Tibet flub
by Frank James When Stephen Hadley, President Bush's National Security Adviser, repeatedly and erroneously referred to Nepal instead of Tibet on ABC News's "This Week" on Sunday during a discussion...
Obama’s view of God and guns in PA
by Frank James Mayhill Fowler has a highly thoughtful piece on Huffington Post with her observations about how Sen. Barack Obama explained, to affluent Californians at a swank fundraiser, Pennsylvanians...
Iraq cleric: U.S. behind kin’s death
Iraqi men mourn over the coffin of Riyad al-Nuri, director of the Sadr movement's office in Najaf, April 11, 2008. AFP PHOTO/QASSEM ZEIN (Photo credit should read QASSEM ZEIN/AFP/Getty Images)...
Senate’s Byrd out as big chair?
by Frank James A lot of murmuring this week on Capitol Hill about Sen. Robert Byrd, the 90-year old Senate legend, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee. The West Virginia...
Bill Clinton, top ex-prez spender
Former president Bill Clinton campaiging for wife Hillary Rodham Clinton in Indiana this week. AP Photo by Daniel R. Patmore. by Frank James If it's true to say that the...