Would you rather be pushed off into the sea on an ice floe or hit by a train? This is not so much a literal choice of ways to die as it is a figurative choice for voters in electing either Mitt Romney or Rick Perry.
I was born a Democrat. My parents were Democrats before me. My father cast his first vote at 21 in 1936, for FDR. Four...
According to Rick Perry, Social Security and Medicare are unconstitutional, the Earth is 6,000 years old, women were created from Adams rib, the Statue of Liberty is a demonic idol and the Constitution says that this is a "Christian Nation".
Calls for a presidential primary challenger seem to fall into common messaging traps that don't help progressives on the whole.
Results for tonight's recall elections in WI are already starting to trickle in, updates will be posted below in comments.
Good morning, Planeteers!
I trust you all are doing okay, having come through all this angst. Now that Congress is on their five-week PAID vacation,...
It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.
~Thomas Jefferson
So here we are,...
People are living longer. Just look at the number of ex-Presidents we have living yet. There are four, and I can’t remember when so...
The entire world is watching. So let’s seize this moment to show why the United States of America is still the greatest nation on Earth –- not just because we can still keep our word and meet our obligations, but because we can still come together as one nation.
Terrorism is defined as, ""The systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion." So is the GOP.









