In both New Jersey and Virginia, Republican gubernatorial candidates won as voters sent a clear message on their discontent over the economy and direction of the country.

Rush Limbaugh is a blow-hard; a buffoon who has mastered the art of nonsensical rhetoric aimed at the lowest common denominator of America’s politically ignorant and socially inept cave dwellers.

In an example of swift politics, the House of Representatives reprimanded one of their own for his breach of protocol in the House chambers. By a 240 to 179 vote, the House passed a “resolution of disapproval” of South Carolina Republican Joe Wilson.

The ugliness of disrespect and racism in America was on full display from the Republican side of the House chamber last night as President Obama delivered a speech on health care reform to a joint session of Congress.

There has been a constant attack on all things Obama from Republicans since he won the presidential election of 2008. The GOP has not shied away from statements that they want President Obama to fail and they have been working hard to make that happen.

The last thing a parent should have to worry about is whether their child will be in harm’s way. The family of 19-year old Spelman College student Jasmine Lynn received the awful news that she had become yet another victim senseless of gun violence.

Registered independent and outspoken Republican supporter Curt Schilling has expressed interest in running for the seat held by Edward Kennedy. The former pitcher won the allegiance of Bostonians by leading the Red Sox to two World Series titles.

With the fear of swine flu cases mounting as children prepare to head back to classrooms, one New York school district is taking a rather extreme step to limit exposure to the potentially deadly H1N1 virus.

New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine has his hands full. He has not had an easy go of it since winning the Governors office. He is facing a tough re-election bid in a down economy and an aggressive Republican challenger in former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie.

Among the attributes that first caught America’s attention about Senator Barack Obama were his vision, oratory and his capacity to appeal to an individual’s conscience and perhaps call one to a higher purpose.

According to a recently published report Swine flu is four times more likely to send Blacks and Hispanics to the hospital than Whites. The findings are believed to be the first published that detail a racial or ethnic breakdown of swine flu’s impact.

Before the death of long time Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy earlier this week, Democrats in the U.S. Senate held a 60 to 40, theoretically filibuster proof majority in the Senate. That could change if the Mass. lawmakers cannot change state law.

There have been many racial firsts in America’s history. The US Supreme Court, established in 1789, waited 178 years before the Senate confirmed its first Black Justice. Now, Green Bay is welcoming its black police officer.

In the 1995, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, two Americans, orchestrated an attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. A 7,000-pound truck, a bomb on wheels, packed with explosives, detonated and ripped through the building.

The presence of gun carrying critics of President Obama outside an event in Arizona where the President spoke should alarm those who have been concerned about his safety since the presidential campaign.

While on the campaign trail, President Barack Obama pledged to open up NAFTA to re-negotiations if he were elected. However, since taking office the President has so far backed off that pledge citing the global economic meltdown.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s seven-country tour of Africa included stops in Nigeria and Angola, the continent’s top two oil producers and the Congo. Naturally the issue of US corporate interests in Africa’s natural resources come to mind.

Often rap performers take on the names of notorious criminals. The use of adjectives that describe criminal activity or illegal materials are also popular with the genre. One New Orleans-based rapper appears to have taken his chosen nickname to heart.

Though he still personally enjoys robust public support, there has been some erosion in the public’s opinion of some of his policy initiatives, most noticeably universal health care.

There is no doubt that legitimate differences in public opinion exists over President Obama’s proposal for universal health care. It should be expected when there is a public policy issue of such critical importance discussed on Capitol Hill.