While Washington politicians have failed to deliver on health care, states like Wisconsin are moving forward with proposals that could finally begin the march toward universal health care.

The idea that there are people out there in America who think, no, the government shouldn't do anything to combat poverty is sickening in a country that is supposed to pride itself on family values.

Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is using his filibuster power to block Nussle's nomination, putting his entire confirmation in jeopardy.

Even in the face of evidence that all the Republican arguments against the Democrats' bill are actually false, Baucus. I wonder...which particular lobbyists got to him this time?

Edwards is using more clear-cut terms than I've seen any of the candidates use in trying to frame the race.

With so much going on in Land Politics, I've decided to start filing semi-regular reports on the issue like I do on the trade issue, since (like the t...

This isn't a debate about national security, because there is absolutely no evidence to suggest that obtaining warrants hurts national security. This is a debate about privacy and the rule of law.

In the wake of the Minnesota bridge disaster, conservatives like Denver Post columnist David Harsanyi are frantically trying to avoid a debate over ta...

With Bush having recklessly stretched the military so thin, taking 25,000 national guardsmen out of the Iraq deployment rotation would compel an end to the war.

Connie's book is a timely reminder that well beyond the Washington echo chamber, a new politics is being waged.

Will Colorado Republicans go to bat for their Big Energy campaign contributors, or will they go to bat for the communities that are desperate for more investment in local infrastructure?

As you may know, the Progressive States Network (on whose board I serve) has been working feverishly to support state legislators pushing universal he...

For too long, we've had a political debate in this country that seeks to avoid -- rather than confront the economic issues that ordinary Americans face. Here's hoping Huckabee's rhetoric means that's changing.

Here in Colorado, we've has been treated to a rather comprehensive seminar on why conservative politicians have now been thrown out of a state government, and why the national GOP is on the ropes.

It is totally depressing but nonetheless laudable that McClatchy's journalists are once again challenging government propaganda about how everything is supposedly just totally awesome in Iraq.

Is today officially Freaky Friday? Because either I'm still rubbing sand out of my eyes and not seeing straight, or I actually agree with the two Davi...

What is "hypocrisy" and what kind of "hypocrisy" should we worry about in politics? Forgive me for the length of this post, but these are not easy que...

Catching up on my Colorado and national news this Sunday, I caught this week's Good, Bad, Ugly and Hilarious-If-It-Wasn't-So-Sad. Without further ado,...

The Cleveland Scene, is complaining that Bob Schaffer is deflating the price of bribery in the wake of allegations that he sold his vote for $4,000 from the head of a charter school company.

Bush is embarking on a "War For Poverty" and this move represents the final attempt to solidify his legacy as the most ardent reverse-Robin-Hood class warrior.

As most workers' wages stagnate, the folks in the top two-tenths of one percent of income earners are doing quite well. According to the White House, this divergence "is not a very interesting story."

Republicans have worked to prevent conservation through what we can call "spotted owl tactics": trying to make all the issues into a competition between protecting the environment or protecting jobs.

The Colorado Springs Gazette is one of the two most conservative papers in America (the other being the Waterbury Republican-American). This is no sec...