The cold, hard truth about the right's reaction to the murder of Dr. George Tiller -- the truth that most anti-abortion activists are reluctant to admit, at least publicly -- is that they're happy he's dead.

Well, maybe not "happy." "Relieved," might be a better word. Or, less succinctly, I...

Via Dan Savage, the Chicago Sun-Times' Neil Steinberg has a modest proposal of his own, suggesting that if traditionalists object to the use of the word "marriage" to describe same-sex civil unions, shouldn't the same rigid defense of language be applied to the children of same-sex...

After months of legal maneuvering and public grandstanding in his futile effort to reverse the results of his excruciatingly close loss to Al Franken, former US Senator Norm Coleman is now calling for a re-vote in the Minnesota senate race. Sounds familiar, huh?

This represents a come to...

Yeah sure, I'm a cynic, but I'm guessing I wasn't the only American watching Bobby Jindal stride up to the camera Tuesday night to instantly assume that the equally cynical Republican leadership cast the first-term Louisiana governor in that role, primarily based on the color of his skin. Gives new...

That's what the AP is reporting:

A senior administration official says that President Barack Obama's likely third pick for Commerce secretary is former Washington Gov. Gary Locke.

Huh. Locke isn't exactly a lot of folks' favorite governor, though apart from his conventional approach to trade issues it's hard...

According to both local and White House sources, President Barack Obama will nominate Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy--a cabinet-level position commonly referred to as the Drug Czar--an appointment that could signal a substantive departure from our...

At 9:30 AM, about an hour into our flight to Philadelphia, our plane abruptly veered back toward Seattle. There was no terrorist threat, no elderly passenger suffering a heart attack, no engine blowout or sudden loss of cabin pressure or anything dramatic like that. No... the three rear toilets had...

We all remember George W. Bush's quip that "if this were a dictatorship it'd be a hell of a lot easier, as long as I'm the dictator," but it appears that Sen. John McCain has similar aspirations.

Speaking before the Des Moines Register editorial board on the issue of...

By now you've likely heard about Sen. John McCain's bizarre interview with a Spanish language radio station in Miami yesterday, where he repeatedly gave vague answers about Latin America when asked about President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero of Spain.

Josh Marshall, who broke the story on Talking Points...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 504.48 points today, at 10917.51. That's only 329.92 points higher than where it stood on January 20, 2001, the day George W. Bush took office.

To put that in perspective, had you invested $100 in a DJIA index fund just before Bush took...

See, a video like this... this is exactly the kind of race-baiting dirty trick you'd expect from the Republicans... and we'd never want to stoop to their level, even if it meant the difference...

Dear Gov. Palin,

Congratulations on your performance tonight. You were comfortable, composed, and deft with the zingers, and there's no question you're easy on the eyes (you know, for a 44-year-old woman.) Still, I'm guessing I'm not the only American who was hoping you might talk a little more substantively...

Joe (left), me (middle, holding sleepy girl), in happier days

The overwhelming majority of my fellow Jewish Americans are Americans first, and Jews second. But not all. And apparently not Sen. Joe Lieberman.

For at the heart of Sen. Lieberman's split with...

Oh. My. God.

REUTERS -- The father of the unborn baby being carried by the 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is God, Palin said Tuesday in a statement released by the campaign of Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

The unexpected revelation, coming just one day...

His Democratic opponents derided him as too old for the presidency. They called him "granny." They even suggested that he might be senile. Yet despite lingering questions about his age and his health, and largely on his reputation as a war hero, William Henry Harrison was elected the ninth President...

Ever wonder how FOX News host Megyn Kelly, the highest paid news anchor on television (if you're comparing dollars earned per syllables spoken), manages to provide such insightful commentary? Clearly, it's the endless hours of preparation.

For example,...

When parishioners in far flung Catholic dioceses from Portland to Denver to Toledo to Newark and points in between pass around the collection plate on Sundays, I suppose they expect their charitable donations to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and care for the sick -- or at the very...

It was Michelle Malkin who shot and killed Arkansas Democratic Party chairman Bill Gwatney yesterday. At least, according to Michelle Malkin.

Yes, just hours after the shooting, before Gwatney even died from his wounds, Malkin responds to the tragedy with a defensive post attempting to immunize herself from...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average continued its bearish slide, closing this week at 11,100, near a two-year low, and inching ever downward toward the 10,587 mark where the market stood the day President Bush was inaugurated. For those who are keeping score, that's a seven and a half year return...

US Airways is joining other major carriers in charging additional fees for checked baggage, turning an already tense boarding process into a Darwinian death match for scarce overhead luggage resources. And...

The Tempe, Ariz.-based carrier also said it would cut domestic flights, shrink the size of its fleet,...