"The Committee is dismayed by the Department's assertion that the Committee concluded that the WRNMMC design plans were "...sufficiently close to the ...
As much as we talk about our crooked politicians, political quid-pro-quos, and nasty Tammany-style grafting, I think most of us have faith in the ability of our local government.
The situation for women who want to make movies is grim. Despite the fact that film schools graduate as many women as men, just 4% of Hollywood directors are women.
I think as people continue to see so much of politics as usual in this town -- partisan bickering and big money buying votes -- they are increasingly likely to vote against whatever represents the old politics for them.
Editor's Note: In honor of the one year anniversary of Barack Obama's election, we thought it would be fitting to re-publish this defense of Michelle ...
DoD Photo Deputy Secretary of Defense Lynn The Department of Defense informed Congress late last month that the new Walter Reed National Military ...
Nissan has announced a US national tour of their new pure EV, Leaf, and its first American public showings begin November 13th in southern California....
Why, with so much going for him and his country, should the president of Brazil make such controversial choices in his friends? The logic of the relationship with Iran is perplexing.
The president, far from curbing excesses, is slipping into nefarious old Washington practices. Reportedly, Obama has been doling out favors to donors that include (gasp!) the use of the White House bowling alley.
The Gateses are visiting our nation's capital to reframe the conversation about global health aid. They said we should spend more time talking about what works and how to measure it.
Families are being torn apart by deportation at the treacherous intersection of immigration enforcement and the criminal justice system.
In the wake of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina, a team of college students hatched an ambitious idea: to design an energy-efficient, hurricane-proof and Cajun-style house for the future of the Gulf Coast.
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is author of a key amendment that's been added to the health care reform proposal recently approved by the Senate Committe...
I had to check out Founding Farmers in Washington this past weekend. The idea is appealing: a casual, family restaurant that's supplied and owned by a collective of American family farmers.
Is the fact that women experience gender discrimination in health care even debatable? Many insurance companies even regard a C-section as a pre-existing condition. This must stop.
Is Consensus Possible between people of faith on immigration? by Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper, Senior Pastor, Judson Memorial Church, NYC On October 6, 2...
The U.S. government has created a secret process for insiders to view key negotiating documents for trade agreements -- as an alternative to demands for more openness.
Allowing marriage to become the subject of a popular opinion poll, as has taken place in this country, disturbs the very principles upon which this nation was founded.
At a retreat this last weekend sponsored by the Roosevelt Institute on financial reform issues (I have to take a break from health care every once in ...
UPDATE: Every American--including the Army Corps of Engineers--must watch this powerful new 20-minute film by Chad Stevens on the real costs and conse...
This past weekend I took my family to the Green Expo in Washington DC. Green Expo is a series of consumer shows around the country on everything green...
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