All Entries in the "Rob Howard" Category
Your Rights Are Toast if GOP wins Presidency
By Rob Howard Political Columnist At the New Hampshire Republican debate on January 7, any hope that LGBT people would have any rights left if a Republican is elected President in 2012 were blown away. They spent nearly one-quarter of the debate talking about the “Right to Privacy,” affirmed by the Supreme Court in the [...]
A Modest Proposal
By Rob Howard Political Columnist In 1729, Jonathan Swift (you know, the Gulliver’s Travel guy) wrote an intensely satirical essay titled “A Modest Proposal,” in which he suggested that poor people in Ireland eat their children to prevent the effects of poverty. As you might imagine, it wasn’t well received. But today, right-wing politicians think [...]
Mixed Nuts
I don’t know why I watch the endless round of Republican debates, but I do. It’s probably because I truly believe that we should have people running from both parties who would be a good President. I guess I’m just risk averse when it comes to the future of our country. I’m sorry to say [...]
The Election of a Lifetime
Once in every generation comes a presidential election that has huge significance. 1980 was one of those years. With the landslide election of Ronald Reagan, and the Republicans taking control of the Senate, conservatives were in the ascendancy. 2012 will be another of those elections. We will choose between President Obama and a Republican nominee [...]