Nancy LeTourneau

Sarah Kliff is right. Just as Obamacare is showing itself to be a great success, it is coming under fire from some unlikely quarters…often Democrats. A lot of people have spoken out against Sen. Schumer’s criticism – including Paul Krugman. But not as many have challenged what Sen. Tom Harkin said. “We had the power […]

We all know by now that Chuck Todd thinks of President Obama as The Stranger. That narrative fits pretty well for a lot of DC pundits who see him as aloof, cold, distant and remote. But I suspect that description would come as a surprise to the young people of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal […]

Darren Wilson made if very plain in his testimony before the grand jury that he was afraid of Michael Brown. As a matter of fact, his entire case is based on whether or not people believe that to be true. We also know that the officers who shot and killed 12 year-old Tamir Rice assumed […]

I’m thinking its good karma that has me posting my first one of these on the day that we have a full moon. That’s because it gives me an excuse to post one of my favorite pieces of music – Clair De Lune. Whenever I listen to this (I mean REALLY listen), I get the […]

Once again we find ourselves reckoning with the reality that we live in a country where justice is applied unequally. But the truth is – unequal justice is no justice as all. To keep our “eyes on the prize,” it might be helpful to step back and envision just what it is we mean by […]

From Darren Wilson’s testimony, after the altercation in the car was over and Michael Brown had started to run away, he says this: When he stopped, he turned, looked at me, made like a grunting noise and had the most intense, aggressive face I’ve ever seen on a person. The only way I can describe […]

Now that the 2014 midterms are over, it is – of course – off to the races for 2016. I find myself amused by a lot of the advice that Hillary Clinton is getting about how to position herself for another presidential run. For example, Dylan Scott suggests that Sec. Clinton faces a dilemma between […]

Here are some stories that caught my eye today. One of the most frustrating things about Republicans over the last few years is their adoption of “post-policy” positioning.” That’s why Kimberly Strassel’s op-ed is revealing. She’s having some fun positing that if President Obama can claim the kinds of powers she identifies, why not the […]

Republicans are making hay out of Jonathan Gruber’s suggestion that those who crafted Obamacare thought the American public was stupid. While that was a politically incorrect (and stupid) thing to say, we’ve all seen enough “man on the street” interviews where too many people don’t know which party controls Congress or who the current Vice […]

As the country awaits the grand jury announcement in Ferguson and the world awaits the results of the negotiations on Iran’s nuclear weapons, here are some things I’ve been reading: For years, immigration activists have been protesting against the federal government’s Secure Communities Program. President Obama’s executive action does away with it. The question remains […]