News & Politics

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Wednesday, May 25, 2011

After the 2010 elections, with many governorships back in their hands, the GOP (a subsidiary of Koch Industries) got right to work on solving...

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Tuesday, May 24, 2011

This weekend something happened in my life  that I was NOT prepared for; didn't expect and has shaken some of my beliefs to the...

Word out today says Mitch Daniels doesn't plan to run for President in 2012. With Mike Huckabee and Haley Barbour deciding not to make...

Nowadays, with the internet and social networking sites, more and more self-appointed political pundits are using this media, in addition to more traditonal forms, to spread their opinions to a wider audience. Further still, many double as "political contributors" to the various 24/7 cable news outlets.

Eight rapture pieces and Julia Sweeney for Saturday, May 21, 2011.

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Friday, May 20, 2011

Sometimes, in the course of history, the actions of ordinary citizens spark movements for change because they speak to a longing for freedom that has built up for years. In America, think of the defiance of those patriots in Boston who refused to pay taxes to a King, or the dignity of Rosa Parks as she sat courageously in her seat. So it was in Tunisia,

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Thursday, May 19, 2011