The Huck Upchuck

Well, I made it to Esquipulas, Guatemala, and am staying at the Benedictine monastery connected to the famous Basilica of Esquipulas . Bein...

Thank God that Spring Break is finally here. I'm definitely ready for it and very much need it. Tomorrow morning, I head off to Esquip...

The disarray within the conservative movement is on full display for all to see these days. But I think the icing on the cake has to be the...

Have these guys really lost their marbles? Is passing Healthcare Reform such a traumatic thing that conservatives cannot even think straigh...

Outrageous, but unsurprising : Concern about possible violence escalated Wednesday after a severed gas line at the home of a Democratic lawm...

Conservative David Frum : For the cause they purport to represent, however, the "Waterloo" threatened by GOP Sen. Jim DeMint last ...

As is the case with the many, many, many conservative Tea Partiers today, watch how conservative folks continue to blather on and on and on ...

I've been engaged in an exchange on Facebook with a couple of MDs who are essentially predicting the death of the medical profession bec...

Adios, Cao. No personal hard feelings. You're still a good guy in my eyes. And I may even support you on other pieces of legislation,...

Listening to coverage of the House debate today on Healthcare Reform, and hearing some commentary from the public who are calling in to C-SP...

Of course, as anyone paying attention knows, the Stupak block, which held out over the abortion issue, has agreed to support the Healthcare ...

I'm watching C-SPAN online via live-streaming, and they just reported that Bart Stupak is now a "Yes" on the bill. If true, t...

I've called your DC office. I've called your New Orleans office. I sent you an email. I've exhorted you in a status update on...

I've been following the hullaballoo over the memo of questionable and unverifiable origin , circulated by Republican operatives, that pu...

Cao needs to listen to someone beyond the corrupted and cynical bishops. They are not the Catholic Church, we are. The National Catholic R...

This past Wednesday, I went with Squirrelly Girlie the Elder to see the New Orleans Metropolitan Opera's production of Richard Wagner...

Well, it seems I was wrong . Cao is a "No" on the Health Care Reform bill. He must have wearied already of being in Congress bec...

It's simple ... if he wants to win in November, he votes "Yes." The question is ... does he want to win in November? I say ye...

Many of you know that I had knee surgery some 10 weeks ago, in the first week of January. Well, I haven't spoken about it in a while, s...

OK. I'm going way out on a limb and will predict an all Big East Final Four: Widwest Bracket Champs: Georgetown West Bracket Champs: Sy...