Democracy

Here's some fascinating and little known trivia about every President we've had in the United States. Give yourself that extra tidbit to spring on someone else who thinks they know history well by reading on...

As frustrating as it is to those of reason, that there must be some way to convince those in the Religious Right of reality and out of believing Republican falsehoods, you can lead a sheep to water but you can't make him brush aside the wool that's been pulled over his eyes so he can see the water and drink.

The Emperor With No Clothes looks to be buying himself another transparent suit today. Mitt Romney is expected to win the Florida GOP Primary tonight but we will be live blogging throughout the day so please feel free to join us!

All the Talk of a Brokered Convention­....just talk, talk, talk.... The reality. There are no such things as real political “brokers” embedded in the parties...

For Mitt Romney whose “principles” are interchangeable Lego blocks, his response to the GOP base that wants him to say things that would be lies is, “No problem, I can do that!”

There were so many worthy nominees deserving this PlanetPOV award for The Biggest Political F#%! Up of 2011, let's just say that there are no winners, only losers and bigger losers.

2011 has been a roller-coaster year from start to finish.Hop aboard for a ride back through some of the year's top stories.

The fraud of the Norquist no-taxes pledge has been publicly exploded now and as long as Dems don't overlook this opportunity, the entire raison d'etre for the Republican Party will be invalidated in the minds of most Americans.

Some say corporations are people. What if political parties were people? Could the GOP be clinically diagnosed as a sociopath?

Fewer and fewer of the folks who contributed to the success of our economy actually benefited from that success. Those at the very top grew wealthier from their incomes and their investments -- wealthier than ever before. But everybody else struggled with costs that were growing and paychecks that weren’t -- and too many families found themselves racking up more and more debt just to keep up.