Larry Matthews

Democrats must give up their tendency to sit around arguing, fearful of the consequences of acting boldly A Facebook “friend” reacted to the Presidential election by posting, “I see America voted for Satan again. Sorry God I did my best.” Others posted items that linked Obama and Satan. Who knew? One man, who appeared to…

Here we are in the middle of yet another “election of our lifetime,” facing the choice of Tweedle Dee or Tweedle Dum. Or, as one Russian (Russian!) commentator put it, “Dumb and Dumber.” It’s not that these guys, you-know-who and the other fellow, aren’t smart. They are smart enough to be in the nation’s political…

At moments like this I would love to be a reporter again to stick a microphone in front of Paul Ryan to ask him if he supports this kind of thing. Every now and then I come across an item that jumps off the page and smacks me. Here’s an example from the New York…

So, after 16 years in the House and a lifetime in Cleveland politics, Dennis Kucinich is being sent packing, the victim of a shrinking Ohio population and the loss of two Congressional seats in the state. To be sure, he was never beloved beyond the city limits of �the mistake on the lake.�� Within the…

As I watch the pathetic Republican parade of so-called presidential candidates strut their stuff I�m struck by what these people think are the important issues facing the United States and how conservatives define �liberty�. It�s old hat, I know, to suggest that to them it means we all do things their way, but it�s hard…

It’s almost impossible to escape the assault on the left these days. Most of it, oddly, is coming from the left or those who describe themselves as “progressives” in one form or another. The narrative goes like this: The left has no agenda. The left has no plan for America. The left is standing around…

I’m going to ask you to imagine you are someone else for a moment. In fact, I’ll ask you to imagine you are two people. First, imagine you are a twenty year old Marine. You are in the intensive care unit at one of America’s state of the art military medical centers. Your legs have…