Democrats in Louisville were led by Courier-Journal editor Henry Watterson and were implacably opposed to blacks voting.

The Stamp Act was a direct tax imposed on the colonies by King George III. This act inevitably led to the American Revolution. Just as the Stamp Act did in 1765, Obamacare should act as a wake-up call. Chief Justice Roberts provides us with a similar call to action.

We do not project power from bankruptcy court. We're borrowing a million dollars a minute.

Actually we're very lucky John McCain is not in charge because I think we would be in perpetual war.

What gets lost is that the Republican Party has always been the party of civil rights and voting rights.

The people who get the ability to use force have to be watched carefully by civilians to make sure they don't use it excessively.

If you're white and you're rich in the USA, if you get busted for drugs, you get a good attorney, and you in all likelihood serve no time. But if you're poor, black, Hispanic, or poor and white for that matter, you can get put in jail.