1964 Civil Rights Act

No Liberty Without Order

D. R. Tucker | Posted 04.09.2012

D. R. Tucker

There is no liberty without order, no liberty when economic policies aren't rational, no liberty when citizens are not treated equally, no liberty when the planet has been polluted. That's a truth Republicans used to acknowledge.

Romney Versus Romney

Peter J. Ognibene | Posted 05.26.2012

Peter J. Ognibene

George Romney stood up to the GOP's right-wing extremists, including his party's presidential candidate, while his son trembles before the loutish Limbaugh. Though Mitt Romney may carry his father's DNA, he failed to inherit his father's spine.

Most of Obama's 'Controversial' Birth Control Rule Has Been Law For A Decade

Mother Jones | Nick Baumann | Posted 02.09.2012

President Barack Obama's decision to require most employers to cover birth control and insurers to offer it at no cost has created a firestorm of cont...

What Our Young Folks Need to Know About Ron Paul

Andy Ostroy | Posted 02.19.2012

Andy Ostroy

Young folks need to read the Ron Paul Political Report and the Ron Paul Survival Report from about 1989-1994 to gain further insight into the radical extremist mind of the candidate who's winning their hearts. Here are some examples of his incendiary remarks.

Civil Rights for Gays: Does "Immutable" Really Describe Us?

Patricia Nell Warren | Posted 05.25.2011

Patricia Nell Warren

The recent fallout over Prop 8 -- questions about whether African-Americans voted heavily to ban same-sex marriage -- points up a need to re-examine t...

The More Things Change: Norman Mailer and the 1964 Republican Convention

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 05.25.2011

Erik Lundegaard

Goldwater lost that election, of course, he lost big, but in later years even the much-hated media would see that convention, and that loss, as the birth of the modern Republican party.