Yes, Rick Perry is being thought of as the new Sarah Palin on Foreign Policy. So…does he see Russia from Texas? Apart from the fact that he obviously employs the old style of his Texan mentor and predecessor George W. Bush, being a shoot from the hip ask questions later…if at all, kinda guy, he definitely needs to ‘shed the image of a novice with a sparse understanding of the nuts and bolts of foreign policy.’

Last night, the state of Georgia murdered Troy Davis with a drug used to put down horses. They did this despite the recantations of seven eye witnesses, the lack of any physical evidence tying him to the crime, and requests for clemency from as near as 3 former jurors on his case to as far away as the Pope in the Vatican.

This isn’t really a commentary on the death penalty – although, that being said, my views on the death penalty have been, at various times, various things. I’ve been for it, I’ve been against it, I’ve been neutral. A particularly heinous crime, particularly crimes against children, make me long for [...]

There’s nothing sadder than a self-loathing conservative. Man up!

In a recent appearance, former president Bill Clinton remarked that we in the United States ‘look like a joke’ when compared to the vast majority of educated nations in regard to the GOP’s criticism of climate science (video below).

Some history and information on Bill O’Reilly, the host of Fox News’ most watched show; The O’Reilly Factor.

The nation is undergoing a multi-leveled and multi-faceted attack on education at the very same time that higher education cost has risen 600 percent over the decade and a half.

A state of being that refers to a politician’s (typically a republican) complete and total reversal of policy position(s) to such a degree that their own governing philosophy/belief system is rendered indecipherable.

Almost every Republican in Congress made a pledge to a powerful Washington lobbyist that they would never raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans. This was not a pledge to represent the American people or to protect America’s interests as a whole. It was a pledge to protect Wall Street instead of Main Street.

Troy Davis has been denied clemency by the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles. Our country witnesses, once again, a flawed system at work. From the Pope to Jimmy Carter, leaders are calling for a stay in the execution, and rightfully so. How long must we continue to ask ourselves, ‘Whom shall we kill?’

The Religious Right or the ‘Christian Right’ is a political group which advocates for socially conservative policies, believed to be aligned with Christian values and/or doctrine depending on the particular denomination. However, in a nation with a two party political system, the integration of Christian values in political discourse is somewhat of a double edged sword.

The staggering scope of privatization of our government’s services and duties started by Eisenhower and accelerated with George W. Bush, has created a shadow government that in size has never been foreseen in the history of industrialized world.

It’s a simple question, really, with a seemingly unfortunate, simple answer: Not so much.

On September 20, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell finally goes where it belongs: the dustbin of history.

There’s a common myth out there that goes, ‘the Great Depression was finally ended by World War 2′. It has some slight variations, such as ‘the Great Depression lasted 15 years’ or even ‘the market didn’t recover until govt spending stopped’. All of these are complete misunderstandings of history if not outright lies.

Class warfare simply means ‘conflict between social or economic classes’ but Republicans are trying to spin class warfare into connotations of trouble-makers inventing imaginary problems with unfair solutions. Here are 8 reasons why the Buffett rule – or ‘shared sacrifice’ from the wealthy – is NOT ‘class warfare.’

A casual observer might not notice much ideological difference between the gang of 8 that has been showing up for the GOP debates. That’s because there isn’t. Besides Ron Paul, who openly criticizes the wars and the Patriot Act, and John Huntsman, who keeps claiming to be both moderate and electable, it’s the same lines.

Since 2010, the internet and the media have been filled with threats to sit out 2012, threats to primary the President or even to turn to a third party. Progressives are angry…and rightfully so. The road to Progressive values should not be this bumpy and painful. We voted for ‘change’, where the hell is it?

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

What bothered me the most about last week’s debate was the idiot in the background who shouted “Yeah” and the roar of approval from the buffoons in the audience. If you had any doubts about whether the tail was truly wagging the dog, that display should remove them once and for all.

There are an awful lot of progressives out there who also don’t see any distinction between the Republican candidates, and who think it would serve America good if Obama lost next year.