Georgia's Governor Nathan Deal has to determine whether HB 859, the "Campus Carry" law passed by the Georgia legislature, should be signed. While I'm sure the authors of the bill had good intentions, it violates nearly every Republican principle on the books.

1) Georgia's Campus Carry law will...

After the chaos of the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, Senator George McGovern and his colleagues developed a series of reforms to the primary system, including getting rid of many "winner-take-all primaries" for his party. But did this proportional representation system wind up progressives? And what will happen soon as...

If you're concerned about Donald Trump winning the nomination, there's some good news. His losses in Kansas and Maine were no accident, as both contests are closed, limited only to party faithful. And future caucuses and closed primaries may deny Trump the GOP nomination.

After Donald Trump stormed his way...

Governor Orval Faubus, Governor George Wallace, and now Senator Mike Rounds, are supportive or tolerant of the KKK, or so they'd like us to think. But beneath the white sheets of racism, you often find an integrationist, more scared of losing an election than following a conscience.

Governor...

"This above all: to thine own self be true," Polonius tells his son Laertes in the first act of William Shakespeare's Hamlet. And the bard's advice is good, as we find that voters may be picking candidates based on what they think they stand for, instead of the candidate's real...

Donald Trump unveiled his Middle East policy by telling a tale about General John Pershing killing Muslim terrorists in the Philippines with pork-laden bullets, which "solved the problem." Not only is the story unsubstantiated, but using pork products against Muslim terrorists doesn't work.

Jeremy Diamond with CNN reported about a...

Only a few months ago, CNN touted a poll showing George W. Bush's popularity exceeded Barack Obama's. But you wouldn't know that on February 20, 2016, as Hillary Clinton engineered a great comeback by linking herself to Obama, while Jeb's campaign flopped as he joined himself at his brother's hip....

It's a little known fact, but there are legal arguments against President Obama being able to make his Supreme Court pick. From Article III Section 4 to the famous Supreme Court case Mulberry v. The Bridges of Madison County, a president has no business even nominating someone to be a...

One of the best love stories I know doesn't include a guy in fancy clothes and a gal in a gown. It doesn't include a pair of youngsters who hit the genetic lottery and are smitten with each other at first sight.

It doesn't comprise a tale of families trying...

As someone who has attended Bernie Sanders rallies and written about his impressive candidacy, I expected him to prevail in the Milwaukee debate. But Hillary Clinton prevailed by going to the mat for her former boss.

Early in the debate, Vermont...

Sure Ohio Governor John Kasich seems like a longshot for the Republican nomination, despite his impressive second place showing in New Hampshire. But his strategy for winning the GOP contest is not that different from another longshot presidential hopeful from the Midwest, Abraham Lincoln, who sought to be everyone's second...

Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, which is hosting the 50th Super Bowl (Super Bowl L), is regarded as one of the worst stadiums in the NFL, if not the worst. So why is it hosting the best game? It's all about rewarding teams with new stadiums, even if they...

A common refrain at any Trump rally is "We don't win at anything." But after the Iowa Caucus, "we don't win" also applies to the Trump campaign, thanks to a bad decision to skip the Fox News debate. Evidence shows Trump's lead shrank in polls after the debate, and may...

Celebrity watchers may have been dismayed that their favorite media sensation skipped the presidential debate. But for those of us who know and care about politics, the absence of Donald Trump was a breath of fresh air, providing all of us with a greater focus on the issues. But the...

Donald Trump bragged that he could shoot someone and still win the nomination. But he's about to find that skipping the Fox News debate might actually be more costly to his campaign, especially if his followers see it as an insult or cowardice.

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Since the National Football League allowed the St. Louis owner to move his team to Los Angeles, a host of columnists have slammed the action, claiming the "loud and loyal" Rams fans would be hurt. But it ignores the fact that St. Louis had one of the least supportive fan...

Every year, LaGrange College brings in a Martin Luther King Jr. speaker. This year, the speaker was the Rev. Dr. Raphael G. Warnock of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, who spoke to a packed Callaway Auditorium. And yes, politics entered into his speech. But, unlike what most people probably...

As of the writing of this column, people are making comparisons of the Oregon Wildlife Refuge occupiers and those who fired on Ft. Sumter to start the Civil War. Some sympathizers are sure to even sport the Confederate flag, based upon a myth that the government of the...

This morning, I got the terrible news about the attacks in Istanbul, which killed a number of tourists. Just a few short months ago, my wife and I were standing right at that spot. It could have been us. It could have been among the many tourists who...

Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, and Mark McGwire aren't getting into the Hall-of-Fame in because of steroids. Pete Rose isn't getting in because of gambling. And Curt Schilling could miss the Hall-of-Fame because of his caustic comments.

What's sad is that each of these players could have been