No, really. Where are the Republican email leaks?

Reading all of Hillary Clinton’s leaked campaign emails is fascinating. You get to see the inner workings and read people as they probably really are in real-life, when the rest of us also-rans aren’t watching them in public. But I have to ask: Why do we not have a similar data dump of Republican emails? …

About last night…

…if you watched, then you probably can figure what I’m going to say already. If you didn’t, take it upon yourself and watch on YouTube. This is our republic we’re talking about, and what happened last night was  lot of trash-talk and not a great deal of substance. For that, we can thank the Republican …

A marriage made somewhere south of heaven

Roger Ailes, the former executive who turned Fox News into his personal locker room, will serve as a consultant to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as he prepares for the debates. Given Trump’s low numbers among women — Republican women included — this seems like a willful attempt to lose. This is kind of a …

Mormons to Trump: No. Thank you.

Über Mormon Mitt Romney is no fan of Republican presidential candidate (I still get a little shiver when I type that) Donald Trump, and it looks like the entire Mormon church will be turning their backs, as well. What does that mean? Read this. It might explain things. And thanks, Cynical, for the link.

I stand with Anne Dickerson, a Republican

This took a lot of guts to speak out like this at a Republican platform committee meeting last week. Delegate Anne Dickerson wasn’t supported. Kudos to her for trying.

The utter gutlessness of the U.S. Senate

On Monday, the Senate voted down four gun policy measures. One bill would have closed the so-called terror gap. To read some concerns about using the war on terror to write gun legislation, go here. There is some concern that not everyone on the terror watch list belongs there, and taking away their right to bear arms is …

RIP Justice Scalia

I couldn’t have disagreed more with Mr. Originalism, but our thoughts go to his family and friends, who are mourning the passing of the Supreme Court justice who died this weekend while on a trip to Texas. The speculation about his possible replacement started immediately. Could Pres. Obama, a Democrat, make an emergency appointment? Well, there’s this: But …

The God gap

So in today’s Iowa caucus (more on that here), Anne Pluta at the New York Times is watching the so-called “God gap,” or religiosity as opposed to religious affiliation. According to some research, people who are more observant (particularly among Christians) tend to vote Republican. Fascinating, yes?

So. The Republican presidential debates. Did you watch?

I did not watch. I listened, on Fox News Radio, and was pretty much lost interest immediately when The Donald announced he wouldn’t back any Republican candidate for president other than himself. Then Rand Paul accused him of buying politicians, to which Trump said he’d certainly given Paul money. There was much, much, much talk …

Taking down the flag is only a first step

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, reversing an earlier stance, has called for removing the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds, after a white suspect shot and killed nine people in a historic black church in that state last week. Here’s a quote from her announcement on Monday: “For many people in our state, the flag stands …