Politics

Given that the number of unborn is currently unknown, it could reach the trillions -- or gazillions -- and should all those unborn give their grateful loyalty upon birth (should it occur) to the religious far right, the Republican Party could overwhelm elections through eternity.

When presidential races deal with civil rights, poverty, national defense, education, foreign relations, energy, terrorism, and social justice - the GOP wants to talk about contraceptives. The only people who talk about contraceptives this much are teenage boys.

This isn't an accident that such an empty assemblage is running to lead the Republican party. This is precisely who the GOP has been pushing to the forefront as its loudest voices for the past three years.

To be told repeatedly that the 9/11 tragedy "brought us together as a nation" demeans what the legacy of 9/11 truly was. Because in truth, the tragedy of 9/11 could have brought us together as a nation, but instead it has been used as a wedge to divide us.

I was out of town for the past three weeks, and so a few stories slipped through the cracks. I thought it would be best...

When you declare "Everything is on the table" and "All of us must sacrifice" -- and the only thing you take off the table is raising taxes on the wealthy -- then the only sacrifice you are actually asking for is from those who can least afford it.

For some reason, Sarah Palin loves doubling down. For some reason, she thinks that two wrongs actually do make a right. What two wrongs do when you repeat them is show you're wrong twice.

If you want to see who the Republican Party truly is, then give them everything they want. In four years, the nation will feel so demeaned, the GOP will cease to exist.

That sucking sound you've been hearing is Republican presidential hopefuls going down the drain. Professional strength Liquid Plumber couldn't help now.

As a young man, Jon Kyl, the Republican junior senator from Arizona, was convicted of selling heroin, and he spent eight months in federal prison....

It's near-impossible to imagine most Americans looking at the platform the Republican Party is pushing and thinking, "Yes! This is what I want my America to stand for. That's the party for me!"

Several years ago, I had a realization: conservatives don't care about education. It's a generalization, I admit. And sounds outlandish. Yet for the past 60...