Public education is a labor issue, even if you don't care about teachers, by Laura Clawson 12 for '12: A dozen great election upsets (or near upsets) in the last two decades, by Steve Singiser What Roberts Has Wrought: The Coming Medicaid Wars, by Armando Keep the Promise" AIDS march on Washington, July 22, by Denise Oliver Velez The Successful Drowning of Local and State Government, by Shanikka The millennials turn thirty: reflections on a generation's values, by Dante Atkins The Defense of Marriage Act, Department of Justice and the Catch-22 Obama created for Romney, by Scott Wooledge The Discovery of Mitt's Boson, by Jon Perr aka Avenging Angel
Six U.S. soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan on Sunday, the Associated Press reported. [...] In addition to the six U.S. soldiers, bombs and attacks killed 16 Afghan civilians, five policemen and two members of the U.S.-led coalition on Sunday, according to NBC News.
In addition to the six U.S. soldiers, bombs and attacks killed 16 Afghan civilians, five policemen and two members of the U.S.-led coalition on Sunday, according to NBC News.
But then, earlier this week, Politico released an interview in which I announced I wasn’t a conservative anymore — and the proverbial crap hit the fan. Since then, I have been treated by the political right with all the maturity of schoolyard bullies. The Daily Caller, for instance, wrote three articles about my shift, topping it off with an opinion piece in which they stated that I deserved criticism because I wear “thick-rimmed glasses” and I like Ludwig Wittgenstein. Why don’t they just call me “four-eyes”? These are not adults leveling serious criticism; these are scorned right-wingers showing all the maturity of a little boy. No wonder I fit in so well when I was 13.
Gov. Paul LePage used his weekly radio address to blast President Obama's health care law and described the Internal Revenue Service as the "new Gestapo."
Republican candidate and tea party darling Ted Cruz made an appearance at a campaign forum last night, and took the opportunity to advance some of the far-right’s favorite baseless conspiracy theories — including a claim that American law is in danger of being replaced by Islamic law: When asked about whether he viewed “Sharia Law” as a problem in the United States, Cruz said “Sharia law is an enormous problem.”
When asked about whether he viewed “Sharia Law” as a problem in the United States, Cruz said “Sharia law is an enormous problem.”
Ernest Borgnine, the beefy screen star known for blustery, often villainous roles, but who won the best-actor Oscar for playing against type as a lovesick butcher in "Marty" in 1955, died Sunday. He was 95.