Month: May 2010

It’s true. I have actual evidence that members of the Republican party in Utah believe that hate crimes are real. They are real that is if they are committed against them by (wait for it) other Republicans for being (wait...

Michael Gerson on McCain’s epic fail: The intensity of these Republican attitudes is evident not just from what activists say but also from what Republican leaders are being forced to say. Sen. John McCain, a long-term...

Almost alone among progressives, I supported the original TARP bailout and told people that it was working in its primary purpose which was to prevent an epic depression-like collapse of the American and global economies. A lot...

In this regular series we profile advisors of the Nourishing the Planet project. This week, we feature Norman Uphoff, professor of Government and International Agriculture at Cornell University. Name: Norman Uphoff Affiliation:...

Let’s play Jeopardy. Today’s category is “Politics and Big Oil.” And the answer is: Dick Cheney. The Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service, which regulates oilrigs, came under more...