Hope on Sunday ?

By Donna Cole


 I would put Ross Douthat pretty high on the list of the most ideological liberal opinion writers at the New York Times. Perhaps fourth or fifth. So, there is no doubt Mr. Douthat is a big time lefty, which is why his, dare I say brilliant, Sunday opinion column, "Government and Its Rivals" so surprised me.

One Bad Movie

 By Donna Cole


 The Oscar folks should have waited to make their award nominations. They could have included President Obama's State of the Union performance last night in the Best Actor category. When one watches a movie, you must suspend reality in order to believe the lead actor can pull off amazing feats and one must leap through the looking glass to enter the President's high budget flick.

Mr. Kane, May I sell my can ?

By Donna Cole

 Milwaukee Journal columnist Eugene Kane's recent op-ed, "Groups feed hunger for information about voter IDs", discusses an effort, and a honorable one, to educate folks what identification they need to legally vote.

 I have no problem whatsoever with educating legal citizens about their right to vote. As a matter of fact, I encourage it. I want citizens to be knowledgeable about politics and to vote their personal opinion.

Wolf ! Wolf ! Racist !

By Donna Cole


 As a white conservative, if I make this statement, "Black folks like fried chicken", I would be accused of racial stereotyping. Of course, I would be generalizing, not all black folks like fried chicken, but liberals would call me a racist for making this statement.