October proved to be the cruelest month, for that was the time that Sen. McCain, he of the round, blank, Little Orphan Annie eyes, chose to try out a number of weird lies about Barack Obama ostensibly in the interest of a Republican Party long overdue for burial.

It is...

From an interview originally posted at Truthdig.com

We're facing the most important election in my lifetime--which does not quite extend back to that of Abraham Lincoln, but it's pretty close. There'll be nothing more important in the voting line that one can foresee that will come our way while...

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I liked Brokeback Mountain. I'm a great fan of Ang Lee. He did the best Civil War movie ever made, called The Devil Rides Outside. And it was really, really good. Lee had an extraordinary feeling, for...

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While contemplating the ill-starred presidency of G.W. Bush, I looked about for some sort of divine analogy. As usual, when in need of enlightenment, I...

The countless irregularities that occurred during the 2004 presidential election in Ohio were Florida redux from four years earlier: voting machine manipulation, vote and voter repression on a scale large enough to change the outcome of the election.

But now, thanks to Rep. John Conyers -- currently the most...