Month: August 2010

After nine years — yes nine long mostly futile years — we are still reading about these stories, military and civilian families are still mourning the loss of their loved ones and I am still wondering what in hell...

The sheer amount of perseverance shown by New Orleans residents in the face of disasters – first Hurricane Katrina, then the great economic recession, and now the Gulf of Mexico’s Deep Water Horizon oil spill –...

Think Progress has compiled an enlightening list of all the primary races they could find where a defeated Republican has failed to endorse the winner. Almost every case involves a Tea Party candidate vs. an Establishment...

Steve Benen thinks the Republicans, next year, are more likely than not to shut down the government like they did in 1995. Likely Senate candidate Joe Miller (R) in Alaska told Fox News last week that GOP lawmakers must have the...

What’s making political news lately? Other than the unrelenting debate over the Islamic community center in lower Manhattan, all the news has been about radical Republicans winning primaries over less radical Republicans....