Let me start by saying I'm not sure where I am on Syria and I'm going to try to work this out on paper, so to speak. First off, Pr...

That Google graphic is really all you need if you want to learn who won the debate last night. Snap polling is unreliable, but the consensu...

After yesterday's victory in the Senate , a bill repealing the discriminatory "don't ask, don't tell" military policy ...

The internal battle over earmarks in the GOP seems to be all but over. Republicans have decided to unilaterally disarm . There are still a f...

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...

If there is a rogue missile aimed at our country, we have 33 minutes to figure out what we're going to do. We are sitting with the only ...

It's a situation where the most consequential move may be doing nothing. Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips issued an inju...

Yesterday, a user going by the nick "moifaux" posted the following photo to Reddit, under the title, " Which is the gay one? ...

According to Republicans, we absolutely must reduce the deficit. "Americans are left to wonder: Could we one day find ourselves at the...

Last night, Republican warnings of voting as a block turned out to be bluster. They'd promised a " vigorous defense " of the p...

One of the things that always strikes me when talking about Republicans is their tremendous disrespect for Americans' intelligence. The ...

He's a big-time American patriot. You know that, because he appears in a video for the American Patriot Foundation. Of course, since Ti...

Earlier this week, I wrote that about 75% of the American public oppose the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy...

Healthcare reform is unpopular. At least, that's what Republicans have been saying. It's the worst thing ever and Americans know it....

In 2002, the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network issued a report finding that discharges under the military's policy of "don'...

Repealing "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) is a big problem, because it's hugely controversial and Americans are complet...

The next big fight in Washington is looking to be the 2011 budget . Liberals aren't happy with the spending freeze idea and Republicans...

If you're in Iraq and you get pregnant, you've got trouble. CNN : A new order from the general in charge of U.S. troops in northern ...

Long, long ago, shrouded in the mists of ancient history (i.e., December 2006), I wrote a post I titled " The Only Purpose of Missile D...