If individuals ran their finances the same way conservatives expect the government to use tax revenue, everyone would rent their house and drive an old car.
Congressman Lamar Smith of Texas has introduced a draft legislation which would require congressional approval of scientific research.
Apparently, the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process clause only applies to people who are not sick and comatose and undocumented.
While the GOP tries to axe funding for Planned Parenthood and other women’s health clinics across the nation, this guy was arrested for actually going to his local Planned Parenthood and vandalizing it with an axe.
Although their hacking is against the law, a warm flame of hope burns within my cold, shriveled heart every time I hear about them hacking some other evil organization.
The number of extremist, anti-government, conservative hate groups has QUADRUPLED TWICE over the past four years, according to a four-year study by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
It may be the beginning of a trend that shows that acceptance is making progress, and that we’re actually moving toward equality.
The ongoing situation in Mali is gaining traction in the media with the reporting of Al Qaeda members within the ranks of the Tuareg rebels.
Why aren’t any bank CEOs in jail? Watch Elizabeth Warren rip into big banks and SEC non-regulators at her first Senate Banking Committee hearing! It’s better than reality TV!
United States four-star General John Allen left his command in Afghanistan calling it optimistic, and is confident that victory is at hand.
The father of the modern conservative movement looks downright sane and reasonable compared with today’s right-wing nut jobs.
Think about that for a minute: in the UK an average of 2-3 people are murdered by handguns every year. We surpass that every day.
The new space race is now falling to one between the United States and China. Who will control the highest ground in the future?
According to Jonathan Fahey of the Associated Press, ‘U.S. oil output is surging so fast that the United States could soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world’s biggest producer.’
Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico have just brought to my attention the fact that we in the United States cannot change our impractical drug laws.
Due to the suppression of the minority voice in polls, and the rising influence of financial interests in our democracy, the United States is being viewed internationally less as a shining example of democracy, and more as a failing state.
