News & Politics

Take action to support MN Gov. Mark Dayton in this tense government shutdown, as he fights to fill a $5 billion budget gap by making the wealthy pay their fair share instead of allowing Republicans to squeeze it all out of the middle class once again.

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Friday, July 1, 2011

There's so much hostility in our society and media...doesn't it just piss you off?!

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Thursday, June 30, 2011

In the 21st Century, intellect has debased itself to such a point that every action needs simplification to the nth degree, with people being willfully and patently unable to see more than one way of achieving an end.

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Wednesday, June 29, 2011

There seems to be less interest among Americans in the validity of a political conflict, even if its cause is clearly dishonest, than who comes out on top as the winner.

In yesterday's New York Times, Charles Blow, one of my favourite opinion writers, wrote a brilliant and poignantly evocative exhortation to politicians of all...

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Tuesday, June 28, 2011

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