According to a GOP press statement on Friday, House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) commented recently on the third anniversary of President Obama’s signing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. “The stimulus is a stark reminder of how the president got the policies he wanted, and how those policies have failed the American [...]

President Obama has just signed a new hate crimes bill into law. In the past, I have been ambivalent about such legislation. At first, I supported it completely. I mean, hate is bad, right?[...]

It appears that, as a writer for the interwebs, it is incumbent upon me to comment on President Obama’s Nobel Prize. Everyone, it seems, is ambivalent about his receiving the prize, not least Obama himself. [...]

It’s hard to believe that anyone in our nation, with its history, could be genuinely confused about whether or not something is racist.  There’s been so much attention in the media recently on attempts to justify racist images or remarks.  The unfortunate truth is that the structure of our very social fabric in this country [...]

Newt’s on a roll again with another hot topic; Health Care Reform. He has even founded the Center for Health Transformation which is researching and developing a new plan for better Health Care Reform without creating more taxes and cutting more jobs; just the type of plan American needs with its current economy. Newt strongly [...]

Fact: 18 percent of Americans believe the Sun revolves around the Earth. Fact: 10 percent of Americans believe that Obama was born in Kenya. Right-wing groups have been touting that President Barack Obama was born in Kenya rather than Hawaii. Despite the fact that the President released a copy of his Hawaiian birth certificate, right-wingers [...]

After a surprising gathering of healthcare moguls, President Obama announced his plan to reform healthcare in the United States. Even more surprising is the confident timeline he placed on the measure. Obama vowed by the end of 2009 to address three key issues related to US healthcare policy.