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If Proposition 23 Passes, Will Other Greenhouse-Gas Laws Fall?
California's 2008 law to limit greenhouse-gas emissions is seen as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's biggest achievement. If it is undone by Proposition 23, other similar laws could follow, experts say. …
Under Fire for Promoting Violence, Beck Doubles Down to Rally Support for “Radical” Gun Group
Under fire for violent rhetoric and at least two cases in which fans of his nationally televised conspiracy rants went on shooting sprees against cops, Glenn Beck is doubling …
Froma Harrop | Sex, Violence and the Female Voter
The line between crazy and creepy is not always a dark one. Voters may tolerate eccentric candidates if they have a good line and fairly coherent worldview. Creepiness is …
Beware of Polls That Exclude Cell Phone-Only Voters
Washington - Watching the polls to figure out who's up and who's down this election season? Be careful. The poll may have a pro-Republican bias. The ranks of Americans …
Eugene Robinson | The Wave and the Reality
Washington - I'm cautious about the conventional wisdom that the Democratic Party is about to get flattened by a Republican steamroller. Pollsters are less certain than they'd like you …
The Perfect Storm
A few Americans are buying our democracy as never before. And they're doing it completely in secret.
Nine Reasons Why Democrats Will Keep Control of the House
With two weeks to go in the 2010 mid-term elections there are a number of good reasons to believe — contrary to most conventional wisdom — that Democrats will …
“Why Is the US Government Deaf to What Has Been Done to My Son?“
Through his lawyers in Turkey, Ahmet Dogan, the father of Furkan Dogan, the 19-year-old American citizen who was executed by Israeli commandos, has challenged the U.S. government's lack of …
Partisanship Is Dead. Long Live Partisanship
In his farewell address to the nation, George Washington's mediation on partisanship was: "... the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of the party are sufficient to make …
Central Bankers Favoring Foolishness Over Facts
These days there seem to be two types of thinkers in the world of central banking. On one side there are the serious people, who believe that central banks …