The ruling against Ad Ladlad provides an interesting test for the future of the Catholic Church's attempts at moral blackmailing over much of life in the Philippines.
We have neglected the manufacturing base of our economy in much the same way we have neglected financial regulation. There simply is no manufacturing policy in the United States.
U.S. missteps in Afghanistan stretch back to the Bush administration's decision to court the warlords.
It was one year ago today that Hillary Clinton announced plans to suspend her campaign for the Democratic nomination, and urged her supporters to unite behind Barack Obama.
New Delhi -- A month after they first queued to vote in India's mammoth general election, the country's voters will learn the outcome on May 16. The e...
Netanyahu's government will not last long. The only hope is that Israelis will regain their composure and next time vote for peace-longing parties and Prime Minister.
We're giving Congress a choice: you can either have our money or money from special interests, but not both. We'll reward the reformers. But those who oppose reform won't get any money from us.
1 7 09 Blago for Senate Majority Leader By Mary Lyon There! I said it. Yes. I know embattled and ethically - well, um - relaxed Illinois Governor ...
To those who are already planning for the 2012 elections: if challenged by a reporter to back up your claims, simply say, "The issue isn't about facts. It's about starting a necessary discussion."
That huge sucking sound you hear is Republicans trying to control their laughter. The two groups duking it out over education are largely within the Democratic Party.
Gone are the days when independent voting was the province of the "conservative white male." It's estimated that more than 20% of the independents who voted for Obama are people of color.
To remind people of the absurdity that dictates who makes the most important decisions on earth, this week I am publishing my emails from the time I spent in Iowa last winter while making a video about the caucus process.
Michael Connell now joins such critical players as Paul Wellstone, John Tower, JFK, Jr., and many more critical public figures who have died in small plane crashes at questionable moments.
Obama's record-shattering fundraising was a key piece of his election victory allowing him to not only dominate the airwaves, but to implement his campaign's brilliantly planned field campaign.
On Friday the Board may take action on those ballots which could determine the outcome of Minnesota's very close US Senate race between Al Franken and Norm Coleman.
Men see other men in places of leadership, and they step up to the plate to either join or unseat them. But women, who see too few of their counterparts in positions of political power, wait to be invited.
When Pat Boone calls Prop-8 protesters "sexual jihadists," he says less about the nature of political discourse in America than he does about the bad habits of right-wing pundit class.
Joshua Hoyt, executive director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, had a thorough piece in today's Chicago Tribune on just w...
The cat apparently has Rush Limbaugh's tongue. We hear none of his blather about the "Obama recession" after the market rose nearly 800 points in two days in a vote of confidence.
With a record number of students graduating in Spring 2009, combined with a depressed economy, colleges will be flooded with applications.
Fivethirtyeight's and Baseball Prospectus' Nate Silver recently appeared on a talk show I host at the Hideout called The Interview Show. Here is video of the interview.
