News & Politics

As I began this section, The Players and Their Organizations, I realized they could not be covered in one post.  So what I will...

Watch the live feed below of The House's historic vote on the HCR Bill and join the live blog below (I keep one window...

Yesterday, several United States Congressmen were heckled by teabaggers, who used racist and homophobic slurs. One congressman was spit on. Here's a quick survey...

You know how you can "smell" rain when it's about to fall? It is completely premature but I can "feel" history coming on Sunday. Oddly,...

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." Emma Lazarus’ poem makes me tear up. I'm proud of America's...

Unlike healthcare reform where I have spent many hours researching the issue, I know very little about the substance of financial reform.  My gut...

Well, looky here: a Public Option in the first draft of the House reconciliation bill (un-numbered yet), pg. 116, Subtitle B, Public...

Texas has just officially doomed generations of their children to ignorance and being oddities in their grasp of history and reality...because neither of those...

What is the REAL problem with health care in America? I believe the lack of socialized medicine is not the problem. Or, more precisely, socialized medicine is not the cure. Here's one tiny example of how private health care can actually work.

Trying to refine these a bit.. lemme know what you think.. be BRUTAL!!!! .. .. .. On SARAH PALIN: She said she'd attend the Convention. Old Sarah still craved the attention. She...