The people trying to wake us up to the realities of global warming have taken to calling themselves "climate hawks." In the field of Republican presidential candidates, we are seeing a new breed emerge: climate chickens.
The rise and ultimate fall of Rep. Anthony Weiner's once-brilliant political career has many elements of a classic Greek tragedy, where the highly ambitious, competent, powerful protagonist suffers a horrible fate.
While people like Anthony Weiner violate their marriages and abuse the trust they have with their wives, they've broken no laws. Their fates belong to their wives, families and to voters -- not to Congress or the media.
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Really Hard Knocks. The Patriots take over first place crushing the Jets 45-3. Jets coach Rex Ryan calls it the biggest "butt kicking" he's ever taken as a coach.
Think about how unfathomable it would be for interracial marriage to still be illegal today. Well, this narrow-minded, infuriating, fear-based effort to keep gays from marrying is just as unfathomable.
It used to be sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll -- now it's sex, drugs, rock 'n roll, politics and Wall Street. For some reason, a lot of folks just get hung up about that sex thing.
This week, South Carolina's lgbt community celebrated a huge victory which you probably won't hear anything about. Last year state legislators came u...
The people of South Carolina seem to be tired of hearing about this kind of thing. They might well consider adultery too juvenile to be a political issue.
It's the curious case of Tipper and the former Veep Of conduct untoward we haven't heard a peep While there's no sign of a jaunt down the Appalachian ...
As recent polls have demonstrated, Tea Baggers are little more than Republicans in wolves' clothing. And what's most interesting is how these rapacious wolves are eating their own.
Why do politicians tell lies time and again when common sense dictates they'll be caught, especially now that online searches allow facts to be instantly checked and communicated?
What brought the wrath of the radical right down on Sen. Graham is that on occasion he breaks ranks with right wing orthodoxy and, heaven forbid, works with colleagues on both sides of the aisle.
The Tea Party could fall within the purview of South Carolina's 1951 Subversive Activities Registration Act. State legislators call to repeal the statute.
Politicians have always been an ethically challenged bunch. It's gotten to be a competition to see who can shock America the most with their depraved behavior.