It is outrageous how quickly so many jumped at the opportunity to politicize this tragic shooting, blaming the tea party and conservative political rhetoric without a shred of evidence to back those claims.

It has become obvious that the shooter of Gabby Giffords and thirteen others was crazy, the follower of no political movement, motivated only by the bizarre ideas ricocheting through his head.

Charlie Sheen succeeded at turning his own debasement into a national pseudo-event by calling the very definition of losing “winning.” And that’s what 2011 was all about: pretending to be winning while really losing.

You know who I blame for the terrible tone in American politics? Tom Brokaw.

If people seriously believe that the tea parties and Palin's "lock and load" rhetoric are to blame, then what shall we do about it?

The permanent campaign mindset dominates politics in Congress right now. And it does not bode well for finding solutions to problems.