Speakers' Corner

When I was growing up in a Democratic kitchen, my parents made the difference between Democrats and Republicans abundantly clear. Keep in mind that this...

And while the Republicans keep playing in "Tea Party Fantasyland", a record 46.2 million Americans were hit by poverty last year. If there is ever a time to shift into overdrive to focus on job creation and put money in people's pockets again, it's now.

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Wednesday, September 14, 2011

OK, it's official. Elizabeth Warren is running for the Senate in Massachusetts. She's challenging big, bad Scott Brown, who's voted with the Democrats as much as...

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Part of the problem is the RepublicTeas and their religous philosophy feel man has dominion over the world and man will do on his own what is right. Well I think we have plenty of proof that is a foolish notion because they have regulation now and how many companies could each of you name who have poisoned our earth?

An article appeared today on OpenSecrets Blog concerning ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) and the corporations who support their efforts, some 23 of the...

The world looks very much different now than it did 10 years ago.  The lives of every American changed forever that day and in...

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Monday, September 12, 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f65xilSDyso&feature=related Did everybody hear that? Did you? Did you listen to every word? Do you know what it was? It was a good, old-fashioned labor leader...