There Is No Such Thing As Political

If The Court Strikes Down The Defense Of Marriage Act, Is That A 'liberal' Result Enabling Gay Couples Married In States Where Gay Marriage Is Legal To Enjoy The Same Economic Advantages That Federal Laws Now Grant To Straight Couples? Or Is It A 'conservative' Ruling, Limiting The Federal Government's Ability To Override State Power?

This Is Part Of The Involuntary Bargain We Make With The World Just By Being Alive. We Get To Experiences The Splendor Of Nature, The Beauty Of Art, The Balm Of Love And The Sheer Joy Of Existence, Always With The Knowledge That Illness, Injury, Natural Disaster, Or Pure Evil Can End It In An Instant For Ourselves Or Someone We Love.

If Obama's Vision Of The Public Sector Is Socialism, Then So Too Were The Visions Of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, And Richard Nixon.

When An Office-holder Facing A Multi-count Indictment Says That He Has Decided To Spend More Time With His Family, The Proper Response Is A Horse-laugh. When An Accused Politician Explains That A Charge Of Corruption Is 'really' An Attack On His Or Her Race, Religion, Ethnic Background Or Gender, The Odds That Something Felonious Happened Jumps.

The Niftiest Turn Of Phrase, The Most Elegant Flight Of Rhetorical Fancy, Isn't Worth Beans Next To A Clear Thought Clearly Expressed.