In 2005, at the beginning of his second term, George W. Bush signed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCCA), which gives gun manufacturers, distributors and dealers almost unlimited immunity from civil liability lawsuits. This legislation — passed by a Republican-dominated Congress and backed by the NRA — resulted in the immediate dismissal of several lawsuits against gun manufacturers and distributors that were being litigated at the time and has been the basis for the dismissal of numerous subsequent lawsuits as well.  Click here for the whole story

Make no mistake, this was a seismic election and one that will be talked about for decades and decades. No, it didn’t “change America” in the same manner that so many elections have claimed to do in the past. More significantly, it was the glorious manifestation of a Changed America from which there is no turning back.

We all know about the demographic shift that has been inching along and slowly rearing its electoral head for the past few decades: Minorities (especially the exploding Latino vote), young people with a radically different social perspective than the much older folks who lean Republican and the growing clout of women in every aspect of society. Well, last week “here we come” turned into “here we are.”  Click here for the whole story

Most people who know me know that I do not drive.  I am a bike rider.  I like riding my bike.  It rarely holds me back for doing something that a person that drives can do.  The one thing I have noticed in the five years since I took to bike riding is that people don't care about others.  Of course when I say people don't care, I don't mean to imply that every person on the face of the Earth is uncaring, because that's not true.  I wanted to clarify that because some people say that I judge a whole group by what a few people do.  Of course I also believe those people who accuse me of that are doing it to avoid the real topic in the conversation, but that's another commentary.  Click here for the whole story