Month: March 2011

When every Republican on the House Energy & Commerce Committee voted against an amendment that declared that human activity is contributing to global warming, a new milestone was reached. John Judis at The New Republic notes...

This little blurb from Politico made me laugh: While the 54 Republicans who voted against the most recent stopgap spending bill didn’t derail the legislation, some GOP lawmakers are becoming increasingly wary of a faction that...

Just a few questions about the GOP’s desire to place no limits on what private companies can do while chopping public sector off at the knees: Do you really want a completely deregulated Wall Street to manage your social...

I have been saying for weeks that the Obama administration should resist pressure to get directly involved in Colonel Gaddafi’s ouster from power in Libya. For a long time it seemed like the State Department wanted us to...

DeWayne Wickam has the right idea. The Republicans are engaged in a variation of the shock and awe campaign used against Saddam Hussein. It’s not meant to make Obama’s troops lose the will to fight, but to weaken...