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GOP ‘Gong Show’ has got to stop

Gong, Gong, Gong! I don't know about you, but watching the Republican primary season is making me feel like a judge on the "The Gong Show." I watched or listened to all three candidates after Tuesday night's Illinois primary. I'm still crying. If Mitt, Newt and Rick had given those uninspiring speeches on Chuck Barris' twisted 1970s amateur talent show, the celebrity panelists would have gang-gonged them in 30 seconds. The speeches Romney, Santorum ...

We should be 'right' and apologize

Stop asking who's up for Veep

Whitney’s death should be a lesson

Another tremendously talented American who had riches and fame beyond most people's dreams has killed herself with drugs.

This should be considered abuse

In his new book, "Suicide of a Superpower," Pat Buchanan writes that the politics of race, culture and tribalism will be the largest problem civilization will face.

Pull together or pull apart

There's an old curse that begs, "O that mine enemy would write a book." That's a desire getting a big play in the debates between Mitt Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who are both trashing my Dad Ronald Reagan's so-called "11th Commandment," that Republicans must refrain from attacking each other in public. Like just about everybody else I'm being wearied by both Mitt Romney and Rick Perry citing passages from each other's books to ...

At least Ryan has a real plan

There is a struggle now being waged in Washington, the outcome of which will determine whether the nation's economy will grow or continue to falter.