I will begin by once again stating that I have very deep religious beliefs, although those beliefs are not Christian. I am a very proud Reform Jew, which makes me a practitioner of my faith’s most liberal sect.
I believe that religion is a highly personal matter. I also know that the founders of […]

52% of Americans believe that President Bush should meet with Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war activist camped just minutes from his Crawford, Texas vacation home. while 46 percent said he should not. This according to the latest  Washington Post-ABC News poll released earlier today.
Specifically concerning Cindy and her actions, 53% support what she […]

On this, the highly momentous first anniversary of the best blog on the net, Recovering Liberal, I am following up what I had to say a few days ago. Back then, you might recall, I titled my column, Liberal Is Not A Dirty Word. The basic idea of the column was that if […]

There is one major difference between telling the truth and telling lies. When you are truthful, you only have one story to remember. When you lie, you have to remember the lie you told and how it compares to reality. Then you have to make sure that you continue to tell the […]

Tomorrow, the RECOVERINGLIBERAL (the web site, not the person) celebrates its first birthday. To memorialize this special event both the PUNDIT and the LIB are taking today off, the Lib to catch up on his sleep while the Pundit makes the rounds of his favorite East Hampton watering holes.
So that leaves just me, Officetroll, […]

George W. Bush is sliding slowly but surely to oblivion, and we have the numbers to prove it.
Drum roll please.
This latest poll from the Gallup organization, released yesterday, shows ol’ Dubya has now lost the confidence of 56% of the American people with another 4% somehow still undecided. Not only is this the […]

Let me get this straight. We have to continue fighting this immoral and illegal war and kill more Americans and Iraqis in order to honor the men and women whose lives were already taken, more because this president lied to us than for an actual cause.

A man that many of us have considered to be a excellent candidate for the third Anti-Christ, high profile, ultra-conservative, money hustling televangelist, Pat Robertson, did a job on his credibility as a man of God yesterday when he called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during his prime time godfest, […]

 My grandmother came to this country just after the turn of the century, not the most recent one, the one before. America, to be sure, had its share of problems back then, and racial prejudice was certainly rampant. There were always people who had no use for black people, even in New […]

George Bush’s approval ratings fell to a new low this month with only 40% of U.S. adults still having a favorable opinion of his job performance, compared with 58% who do not. This according to the latest Harris Interactive poll of 1,217 adults conducted August 9-16, 2005.
Likewise, Dark Lord Dick Cheney’s ratings are also […]