When Nikki Araguz stepped into a Wharton County, Texas courtroom, she stood much more to lose than the $600,000 in death benefits which would be assigned...
The following are Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s remarks as prepared for delivery at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. “I want to...
In response to the Washington, D.C. same-sex marriage bill that will become law next month, Catholic Charities in D.C. has chosen the exact same path it...
With each passing day, President Barack Obama’s once bright and shining star grows dimmer and dimmer as winter — and unemployment — casts its long shadow of...
“Stories from the Frontlines: Letters to President Barack Obama†is a new media campaign launched to underscore the urgent need for congressional action and presidential leadership...
Richard Shelby (R-AL) has put on hold a reported seventy Obama appointees because he wants billion-dollar pork-barrel projects released for his state. This is an egregious,...
The Senate just passed cloture on the standalone bill to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” by a vote of 63-33. Six Republican Senators joined all but one...
From its long history of slavery, suppression of women’s suffrage, and black and poor voter-disenfranchisement, to the George Rekers rentboy scandal, to last week’s racist epithets...
Sean Hannity, the less-popular-than Glenn-Beck-or-Bill-O’Reilly, third-rate Fox News pundit has been lagging in his ratings since Beck jumped into crazy land. So he just published his...
The Face of Michael Steele’s GOP? Michael Steele, the constantly-embattled GOP Chairman, whose gaffes and embarrassing behavior have made a great many Republicans wish they could...
Barry McCaffrey, well-known retired U.S. Army General who served under President Bill Clinton and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell, spoke with MSNBC’s...
You’ll remember that one year ago today, U.S. Navy Seaman August Provost, a black, gay sailor, was found murdered, his body shot three times, gagged, bound,...
Vermont: Good Example Of Not Playing Politics. One of the things that struck me about the process in Vermont’s gay marriage debate was the civility and honesty...
South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford today said he will reject some of the federal stimulus money earmarked by Congress for his state. In what is clearly a...
 At The National Prayer Breakfast, Barack Obama today announced the creation of his version of George W. Bush’s White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives....