The Romney sideshow
So I look at this:AP - Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney took aim at Democratic rivals on Sunday, calling them all unprepared to lead the country and comparing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's economic...
View ArticleWhy did the Bush Administration keep his lyme disease secret?
So it turns out Bush was treated for lyme disease:WASHINGTON - President Bush was treated for Lyme disease last August, the White House announced Wednesday after failing to disclose the problem for...
View ArticleThem smart people, they's against you
REPORT: Academics' donations go overwhelmingly to Democrats...The report also says that academics donated more than employees of oil companies and drug makers.It's a conspiracy, see? All the...
View ArticleIs "guilty for being gay" really a political victory?
While the Larry Craig scandal post-mortems move over all sorts of Via arcane, almost pointless speculations, I'm left wondering whether this is at all a political win for progressives.Yes, the GOP is...
View ArticleBecause doesn't a woman's body belong to her and NOT the US government?
The Senate has passed a bill that contains language to repeal the global gag rule.So what's next for the global gag rule? It's now headed to a House-Senate "conference committee," where a few members...
View ArticleGiuliani supports Homophobia Amendment to U.S. Constitution
Via AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth:So many people so insecure about their sexual orientation that they demand a Constitutional Amendment! So Rudy Giuliani has flip-flopped his position...
View ArticleThe other Mrs. McCain
Ouch!‘My marriage ended because John McCain didn’t want to be 40, he wanted to be 25. You know that happens...it just does.’Her story is a harrowing one -- not because of John McCain -- he just didn't...
View ArticleBecause "Health" when it comes to women really does belong in air quotes
Or "Dick Fingers." [via Shelley]
View ArticleToday the world changes
A nation built with African slaves inaugurates an African-American President.A nation driven by culture wars born out of the Vietnam era moves into hope for more pragmatic, if still partisan,...
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