Month: January 2009

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 passed in the Senate this afternoon by a healthy 61-36 vote. The law corrects a lousy Supreme Court decision and strengthens women’s rights to sue when they face discrimination in...

Here is something I don’t understand. David Sirota is happy that the House voted today not to release the second half of the TARP money to the Obama administration. Sirota isn’t happy about the vote because it will...

It seems Gaza was a weapons testing lab for the use of a particularly toxic form of weapons: DIME weapons More from Al Jazeera English: Medics working in the Gaza Strip have condemned Israel’s use of suspected “new...

Here is more change we can believe in. From a White House press statement: Executive Order regarding Guantanamo Bay detainees Executive Order requires closure of the Guantanamo detention center no later than one year from the...

Three weeks ago: Caroline Kennedy for the Senate!!!??? Whadda you, kiddin’ me or what? (Y’know.) Unbelievable. I wouldn’t vote for this woman as president of the local PTA. “Y’know.” (Watch...