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....
Matthew Shepard’s Hate Crime Murder Denier Just Doesn’t Know When To Quit Virginia Foxx (R- NC), has been quietly amassing a large campaign war chest, and...
There are so many clear and thoughtful voices in America. Every once in a while you run into one. Like this comment from a reader of...
America is bringing shock and awe to the home front, using dollars instead of bombs. It’s the military doctrine of lightning force — fast and brute,...
There are so many clear and thoughtful voices in America. Every once in a while you run into one. Like this comment from a reader of...
America is bringing shock and awe to the home front, using dollars instead of bombs. It’s the military doctrine of lightning force — fast and brute,...
Bishop Harry Jackson was paid $20,000 by NOM, the National Organization For Marriage, according to Adam Serwer at Mother Jones, who notes that Jackson is the head...