Month: February 2011

History Lesson for Ricky Santorum

Rick Santorum probably has no idea who Saladin and King Richard I of England were, or that they once went head to head in battle. For a while Richard the Lion-Hearted had the edge and he made a deal with Saladin to spare the...

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Arizona’s Continued Downward Spiral

When the AZGOP dropped SB1070 onto the heads of migrant and Latino communities, there were immediate calls for a boycott. Rep. Raúl Grijalva bravely joined the movement, putting his political future at risk but ultimately won...

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Rosa Parks – #17

Once Rosa Parks was arrested, things happened fast that Thursday evening.  Her neighbor, Bertha Butler, had seen Parks being arrested, and called Mrs. E. D. Nixon, who notified her husband.  Nixon called the jail, but...

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Holder, Obama Won’t Defend DOMA

How are so-called progressive bloggers going to explain this one? The administration is refusing to defend Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in court, which leaves it up to Congress to defend their law on their...

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Nice Prank

Governor Walker talks to David Koch on the phone (or, so he thinks): Pwned.

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