What are North Carolina Republicans thinking? I don’t mean creating the ballot measure that passed today, the one mandating that only married, heterosexual couples are recognized by the state. That I get.

Sure, gays already can’t get married in North Carolina, so the whole exer… Read full post »

Add “foreign policy” to the long list of Romney’s positions that we’re not allowed to discuss this election cycle. A list that already includes the auto bailout, the individual healthcare mandate, the economic recovery, the Blunt amendment, aborti… Read full post »

Another election season is upon us, and that means more conservative friends and relatives sharing their opinions on President Obama, which often sound suspiciously like the opinions of pundits on Fox News. If you’re sick of rolling your eyes and biting your tongue, you might try tactfully… Read full post »

The Supreme Court is listening to challenges on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act in what has become an unending challenge to every aspect of the Obama Administration from the far Right. We’ve seen this before.

It began with a challenge to his candidacy – is Obama even a… Read full post »

If you love the Confederate Flag and the n-word, then have I found the online store for you. It’s called Stumpy’s Stickers (http://www.stumpysstickers.com/), and it sells doozies like this:

Get it? “Renege” means to “go back on a promise” like the one you… Read full post »

Here’s one email list no one wants to be on.

A new online service provided by You’ve Been Left Behind, LLC (http://youvebeenleftbehind.com/index.html) promises to send emails to loved ones (up to 150MB!) after you’ve been raptured. Loved ones who may not be joining you on yo… Read full post »

A recent USA Today / Gallup poll reveals that 72% of voting Americans believe the healthcare mandate is unconstitutional. Imagine how surprised they’ll be when they find out there isn’t one.

Or that there *was* a mandate, but the Obama Administration actually alleviated it.

Or that the… Read full post »

By now you’ve probably read that this past weekend, former Senator Rick Santorum accused President Obama of basing his policies on a “phony theology… not based on the Bible.” Considering that Santorum leads Romney among evangelical protestant voters by a ratio of 2 to 1 (http… Read full post »

Can we have the term “Pro-Life” back, if everyone else is just going to misuse it?

I’m pro-life because I value all human life. I value the lives of every person living in my country. I value the lives of children living in poverty, and victims of AIDS, tuberculosis, and… Read full post »

Democrats must increase efforts to communicate the party’s message and achievements on abortion rights: we are the party that defends a woman’s right to choose while working tirelessly to prevent women from being burdened with the choice itself.

It’s that second point that often fa… Read full post »

The Wall Street Journal ran an op-ed this morning titled “Obama’s Running Mate” (5/12/11) that criticizes his health reform package in Massachusetts, his subsequent handling of the package, and his current inability to formulate a coherent plan of action for health reform across the… Read full post »

America loves its oil companies. We don’t have a lot of choice in the matter; there are over 200 million American drivers and about five oil companies. Which explains why they made $77 billion in profits last year.

They have a good business plan. They spend an average of $29… Read full post »

A radioactive plume that was released from Japan’s stricken nuclear reactors is making its way across the Pacific Ocean towards the West Coast of the United States today.

And there’s nothing we can do to stop it.

Think it’s time to panic? You bet it is. Radiation! The thing… Read full post »

If you haven’t heard the worst tween song ever recorded – in fact, seen the worst music video ever made – feel free to click below and catch up:

Did I exaggerate?

Of course not – it’s dreadful. The lyrics are bizarre (“Tomorrow is Saturday / And Sunday… Read full post »

James Hudnall and Batton Lash are two cartoonists who post a weekly comic on Andrew Breitbart’s website called “Obama Nation.” In it, they attempt to poke fun at various hypocrisies and mistakes they perceive in the Obama Administration.

Notice that I said ‘attempt.’

T… Read full post »

While Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump launch their vanity campaigns for president, former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty has a better idea: suck up to the eventual winner.

Tim Pawlenty wants to be Mitt Romney’s running mate when Romney sweeps the GOP primary.

He can’t risk taking a jab… Read full post »

Human Rights Watch released a report on Wednesday that the state policies in Mississippi are exacerbating an already troubling HIV epidemic.

Thousands of Mississippians are at risk of HIV and half of those who currently test positive receive absolutely no treatment. The report compares the situation… Read full post »

Here’s what confuses me about the people who call themselves Christians but don’t care to follow anything that Jesus Christ preached: why do they bother with the title?

It can’t just be the communion wine.

And I’m not just talking about the people running Focus on the Family… Read full post »

President Barack Obama is testing a new re-election strategy against his likely opponents: flattery.

Several potential Republican presidential contenders are visiting battleground states to pitch their case, raise campaign dollars, and – of course – attack President Obama. They’re… Read full post »

Mitt Romney has been making the rounds in New Hampshire this past week, making appearances at political events to create a solid footing for his almost certain announcement of his campaign for the presidency. He’s decided on a message: Mitt Romney knows how to create jobs, but he won’t te… Read full post »

Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska, Vice Presidential nominee and reality show star, is the subject of a new Gallup poll that puts her unfavorable rating at 53% and her favorable rating at 38%. (She’s polling below Trump in some states – it’s not pretty.) These numbers will… Read full post »

Donald Trump granted an interview with Greta Van Susteren on Monday (she had a camera and a microphone, so of course he showed up) where he laid out some of his boilerplate political beliefs, praised the conservatives at CPAC, and invoked Reagan’s name at least five times.

Amidst all the… Read full post »

President Obama sent his 2012 budget proposal to Congress on Monday, which included cuts to numerous social programs, minor tax increases for wealthier Americans, and spending initiatives aimed at improving U.S. infrastructure and education. The same day, protesters in Iran, inspired by the incredibl… Read full post »

Mississippi Governor and pink-faced gastropod Haley Barbour visited the Conservative Political Action Conference this week, and revealed in an interview with Chicago Now’s Warner Todd Huston that he’s “thinking about running for president.”

Now if you’re like most Ame… Read full post »

Mitt Romney spoke to the crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference today with some policy observations, misleading statistics and jabs at President Obama. In other words, he killed.

How could he miss? Like a great entertainer, Romney reads the crowd (in this case: glassy-eyed tea-partier… Read full post »