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Protect Your Manhood: End the War in Afghanistan
Marketing images intended for Army recruitment materials. (Photo: Ozier Muhammad / The New York Times) Ladies, would you please excuse us for a moment? I would like …
Sen. Bernie Sanders: The Top Ten Worst Corporate Income Tax Avoiders (Video)
Sanders Calls for Shared Sacrifice Burlington, Vermont - While hard working Americans fill out their income tax returns this tax season, General Electric and other giant profitable …
Infrastructure Cuts Would Make the Unthinkable Unsurvivable
Closed bridge at Cameron, Arizona. (Photo: frankhg) It's no secret that the nation's infrastructure is in dire shape. Last year, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave …
The Right to Possess Firearms, Strong Money Behind a Weak Argument
Thirty years ago on March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Regan in front of the Washington Hilton Hotel. Hinckley fired six rounds from a …
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Obama, Meet Obama
Washington - Someone should introduce the Barack Obama who addressed the nation Monday on Libya to the Barack Obama who has been dancing around the edge of the budget …
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Negotiation 101 for Democrats: The Right Policies Are the Right Politics
Bloggers always wonder why Democrats couldn’t get anything done even when they had a solid majority in the House and 60 votes in the Senate, while Republicans get everything …
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House to Vote on Overturning Net Neutrality Laws (2)
House Speaker John Boehner. (Photo: SpeakerBoehner / Flickr) Armed with an ideological agenda, House Republicans took aim at net neutrality again this month, quietly introducing a Congressional …
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US Wants Others to Arm, Train Libyan Rebels
A former Libyan soldier turned rebel fighter seen outside Brega, Libya, March 31, 2011. (Photo: Bryan Denton / The New York Times) Washington - Hemmed in by …
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The War on Child Labor Laws
(Photo: Thirteen Of Clubs / Flickr) Maine State Rep. David Burns is the latest of many Republican lawmakers concerned that employers aren’t allowed to do enough to …
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The Truth About the Economy That Nobody in Washington or on Wall Street Will Admit
(Photo: Noel Feans / Flickr) Why aren’t Americans being told the truth about the economy? We’re heading in the direction of a double dip – but you’d …