It should be a scandal eclipsing Mitt's 47-percent comments -- but it's not. Raw Story : The Republican National Committee fired...

Another short one today. Here's the Wisconsin Capitol rotunda, courtesy of Associated Press: Thousands of protesters have been jamming t...

You've probably heard the name, now meet the Koch Brothers , as introduced by Jane Mayer on NPR's Fresh Air (Video courtesy of Croo...

Yesterday, I mentioned that Republicans began their first day of their new House Majority by breaking one of their oaths made in their Sacr...

Maybe it's geography, but I often find Madison-based John Nichols and myself thinking along the same lines. While conservatives call the...

According to Wikipedia , Wikileaks was founded in 2006. That sounds about right to me. I remember reading about it at the time and thinking...

Let's talk about how superior the private sector is to the public sector for a bit. We're going to hear a lot from Republicans about...

I've been on kind of a tear against the media lately, so I think it's worth pointing out when a media outlet does it right. KPHO i...

Being in opposition, after eight years of a Republican presidency and 12 years of GOP rule in Congress, suits many of them just fine. It...

The word of the day seems to be "stupid." That's the general consensus regarding the corruption scandal of Illinois Governor ...

Let's take a look at the economic situation . Never mind the naysayers, the gloom-and-doomers, the glass-half-empty types, some of us ar...

The number being reported is " at least $85 billion ," but when talking about money and Iraq, the truth is always murky. In a war ...

I've been writing about John McCain a lot lately, but let's face it, John McCain's not talking about John McCain and someone has...

Yesterday turned out to be a bad day for Republicans in Washington. Alaska Senator Ted Stevens found himself into a little trouble. Stevens...

Iran, late in joining us in celebrating the Fourth of July, shot off a few rockets yesterday . They plan to make up for their tardiness by f...

Los Angeles. Miami, maybe. If you were to guess where that photo above was taken, Iraq would probably not be your first guess. In our minds,...

There are some out there who would be surprised to learn that the government of Iraq is corrupt as all hell and that the Bush administration...