I Think Too Many Democrats Are Too

You Can Drive Yourself Crazy Trying To Peer Into A Person's Soul--or You Can Do The Sensible Thing: Ask Not What Inner Motives Drive A Politician's Policy Choices But Instead Whether Those Choices Are Good For The Country.

North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms Has Signed A Deal With Random House To Write His Memoirs. Scholars Will No Doubt Benefit From The Reflections Of A Man Who Was Wrong On Every Major Issue For 40 Years. Helms' Aides Say The Proceeds From The Book Will Be Donated To The Non-profit Jesse Helms Center Where They Apparently Have More Experience Burning Than Publishing Them.

I'm A Catholic, But I Used To Love Going To Vacation Bible School With My Fundamentalist Friends.

I Mean, For All Of His Faults And The Troubles In His Marriage, Bill Clinton Is Still Married To A Girl He Met In The Library 25 Years Ago At School. Can We Say That About Many Of Our Other Leaders Today In America, Including On The Right Wing?

Again And Again, I've Seen Bush Turn A Blind Eye As His Henchmen Have Leveled Zealous Attacks Against His Political Enemies - Assaults Which The President Himself Has Sometimes Directly Encouraged.