"I assembled this team because I'm a strong believer in strong personalities and strong opinions. I think that's how the best decisions are made. One of the dangers in the White House, based on my reading of history, is that you get wrapped up in group think and everybody agrees with everything and there's no discussion and there are no dissenting views." ...more

December 2, 2008

Rall Why Reader Subscribes Re: Peter Stathis' rant about Rall. I would expect no less from Mr. Stathis, since I have had the displeasure of reading many of his letters which you seem to find desirable to print on a regular basis. ...more

May 8, 2008

To the dismay of many, religion is becoming one of the defining issues of the presidential election campaign. From the scrutiny of Mike Huckabee's views about evolution and Mitt Romney's Mormonism on the Republican side, to unseemly e-mails questioning the religious upbringing of Barack Obama among Democrats, religious faith is once again front and center in electoral politics. ...more

December 26, 2007