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The Most Important Treaty You've Never Heard Of And How The NRA Wants It Dead

Eric Sapp | Posted 05.25.2012

Eric Sapp

There are currently no international laws or treaties regulating the international sale of conventional weapons. This July, the nations of the world are gathering to negotiate the first ever Arms Trade Treaty. You'd think there would be universal support.

20 Conservative Pinterest Accounts You Should Follow

Ericka Andersen | Posted 05.24.2012

Ericka Andersen

As the 2012 campaign season heats up, more folks will be jumping on the Pinterest bandwagon to see how it can benefit their slice of the social media pie. There are a few on the Right that caught the fad early and will provide a good foundation for the politically minded to build from.

With the Affordable Care Act Hanging by a Thread, It's Time for Single-Payer

Pearl Korn | Posted 05.21.2012

Pearl Korn

Progressives and all other rational human beings should ramp up their efforts to build the movement for single-payer and work to ignite the Occupy movement on this issue.

ALEC anti-union push includes key players from Michigan, Arizona think tanks

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012

The Center for Public Integrity

By Paul AbowdiWatch NewsThe American Legislative Exchange Council, which backs free-market legislation in the states, has been controversial in part...

Facebook's Saverin Has a New Conservative Fan Base

Jeanette Cajide | Posted 05.14.2012

Jeanette Cajide

Mr. Saverin has been getting a lot of hate for this move to lower his tax bill, but he has also received a lot of praise, surprisingly from America's real patriots, the conservative base.

Are There Any Responsible Republicans Out There?

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.11.2012

Peter Dreier

The defeat Tuesday of Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana in the Republican primary -- trounced by a Tea-Partier -- is one more nail in the coffin of the...

Flip-Flops on the Health Care Mandate Breed Cynicism About Washington

Stewart J. Lawrence | Posted 05.30.2012

Stewart J. Lawrence

Ever wonder why President Obama hasn't been standing strong and steady on the frontlines defending his controversial health care reform law?

Cry the Beloved Country: Why the Supreme Court Should Leave Obamacare Alone

David Paul | Posted 05.29.2012

David Paul

Lost in the arguments of conservatives and right-wing activists was the fact that the individual mandate -- the essential element that would bring tyranny to our homes -- was initially raised as the preferred strategy for health care reform by the right.

The Individual Mandate's Conservative Origins

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.28.2012

Chris Weigant

The individual mandate which was included in Obamacare is so close to what Stuart Butler of the Heritage Foundation initially suggested that we can honestly say there is no appreciable difference between the two. The only real difference is whether Republicans supported the idea or not.

Are the Koch Brothers Funding Rush Limbaugh?

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.01.2012

Robert Greenwald

Are the Koch brothers funding Limbaugh? I'm not sure Rush has ever sent them an invoice. But he doesn't have to. And that's what's so insidious about what the Kochs do.

How Corporate Lobbyists Stole the Conservative Brand

Josh Silver | Posted 04.17.2012

Josh Silver

Real conservative Americans should be seriously irked after the Heartland document leak. Think tanks like Heartland falsely brand themselves as conservative while blindly espousing a free market free-for-all that history proves as untenable.

Michigan's budget crisis puts democracy on the chopping block

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 04.16.2012

The Center for Public Integrity

By Paul Abowd, iWatch NewsWhen the city of Pontiac, Mich., ordered the closing of its fire department in December, Councilman Kermit Williams found ...

Killing Pensions to Benefit the 1 Percent

Lee A. Saunders | Posted 03.13.2012

Lee A. Saunders

Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal, the Pravda of the 1 percent, is at it again, continuing its push to gut the retirement security of millions of middle class workers across the country.

Descent Into Ignominy: The Heritage Foundation Then and Now

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 03.11.2012

Winslow T. Wheeler

Today, Heritage's defense efforts are homilies supporting smaller forces, less people in uniform, and more dollars to buy fewer weapons of increasing ineffectiveness. How sad. How pathetic. How destructive to the security of Americans.

The Newt/Huntsman Thing: Is It a Marriage of Convenience?

Michelle Kraus | Posted 02.13.2012

Michelle Kraus

Maybe dear Jon is just what Newt needs to temper his mercurial nature, and offer the stability necessary to compete against President Obama.

Very Few Of The Long-Term Unemployed Receiving Benefits

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.13.2011

As the nation faces a labor crisis that refuses to let up, 7 million Americans currently receiving unemployment benefits may be running out of time to...

Calling Progressive Economists Into the Public Square

David Coates | Posted 02.11.2012

David Coates

It is the moment for all of us with the requisite skills to make a sustained contribution to the creation of a progressive economic consciousness in contemporary America. If we do not, and if we do not do it quickly, then heaven help us all after November 2012!

Why Latinos Should Resist Big Government

Israel Ortega | Posted 02.06.2012

Israel Ortega

With the Hispanic population poised to continue growing, it would be an awful irony to recreate the very same economic conditions we sought to escape from Latin America.

Getting Real About the Presidential Reality Show

Jeffrey Abelson | Posted 02.05.2012

Jeffrey Abelson

This increase in debate viewership is a very good thing. Or at least it could be if questions would go deeper -- beneath the surface of mere talking point positions -- to the moral or philosophical reasoning process candidates use to arrive at their views.

Rogue's Gallery: CNN's Ideologically Rigid, Scandal-Tainted, Ethics-Investigation-Haunted GOP Debate 'Panel'

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 01.27.2012

Richard (RJ) Eskow

David Addington. Paul Wolfowitz. Ed Meese. It's a Rogue's Gallery of government officials gone wild, a motley crew of the short-sighted, the benighted, and the nearly-indicted. Or, as CNN calls them, "experts."

VIDEO: Behind the Scenes With the Heritage Foundation at the GOP Debate

Ericka Andersen | Posted 01.22.2012

Ericka Andersen

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GOP Candidates Go Global Tonight

Ed Feulner | Posted 01.22.2012

Ed Feulner

The Federal Government's responsibility to provide for the common defense is listed right in the preamble of the U.S. Constitution. That is the way we can secure the blessings of liberty. That is the subject of this evening's debate.

What's the Problem With the Poor?

Erich Origen | Posted 01.20.2012

Erich Origen

The New York Times recently did a piece on the "near poor," those who live just above the official measure of poverty in America. Predictably, some convenient ideologue was trotted out from the Heritage Foundation to address it.

Michael Calderone

Is 2012 The Year Of The Debate?

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 11.21.2011

NEW YORK -- Will 2011 be remembered as the "year of the debate?" That's how CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer recently described the Republican race while se...

Mike Sacks

Justice Clarence Thomas Feeling More Heat

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 11.19.2011

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) is turning up the heat on Justice Clarence Thomas based on new information that builds upon previous repo...