A few weeks ago, we were made to believe that a mysterious person hijacked Fox News and supplanted the ticker outside its Manhattan headquarters with liberal slogans. "We are being lied to," the electronic message board read with big shining letters, in a YouTube video that gained lots...

The United States is experiencing a golden era of conspiracy theories. From the 9/11 Truthers to the Obama Birthers to the Trig Birthers and, most recently, the bin Laden Deathers, alternate theories of reality are alive and thriving on the American fringes, perhaps more so than ever in...

Save for a miracle, President Obama's nationally televised speech on immigration, broadcast Tuesday, won't lead to comprehensive reform anytime soon. It will, however, advance the conversation on one of the most explosive issues facing the United States today, which the vast majority of Americans believe needs serious fixing.

House Republicans are celebrating a victory Wednesday after successfully voting to roll back health care reform by a margin of 245 to 189. Outright repeal is a fool's errand, of course -- it won't survive the Democratic-controlled Senate or President Obama's veto pen -- but the vote does...

In a partial and last minute victory for opponents of the new Arizona immigration law, a federal judge on Wednesday blocked its most controversial components just hours before the crackdown was set to go into effect.

The decision, which Arizona is expected to appeal, serves as a boost...

President Barack Obama has fired top Afghanistan commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal for mocking senior administration officials in Rolling Stone magazine, and replaced him with Gen. David Petraeus, who previously led operations in Iraq. "It is the right decision for our national security," Obama said.

Who can blame the...

Death, scandal, dashed hopes, and tragic new milestones for America. It's been a disastrous week for the Afghanistan war.

On Monday, June 7, the Afghanistan war completed its 104th month, becoming the longest-ever war the United States has fought. Costs continue to rise, outpacing that of...

It's deja vu for progressives this week as the Obama administration's latest concession to Republicans on a major issue has gone, once again, unreciprocated.

President Obama discussed immigration reform during his meeting Tuesday with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill; soon after, the White House disclosed its...

The fiery backlash against the recent Arizona law energized the fight for immigration reform overnight, propelling Democrats to forcefully cast the issue as a top domestic priority. But not long after invigorating advocates of a nationwide overhaul did party leaders furtively pour cold water on prospects of completing...

Mitt Romney has been known to play fast and loose with his policy stances, but his obfuscations on health care reform have taken things to a whole new level.

In recent public appearances, he's been attacking President Obama's proposal as "a big government takeover of health care" and...

President Obama is losing steam among his most ardent progressive supporters, and this could spell danger for his presidency. As his first year comes to a close, it's hard to forget how critical this base was in electing him, be it by organizing, fundraising, blogging, knocking on doors...

Watching the fallout of the so-called "ClimateGate" incident in recent weeks, one would think these revealed emails actually created a dent in the science of anthropogenic climate change. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth.

The leaked emails from many years ago show zero...

With innovations sprouting all over the web to make music distribution simpler and more user-friendly, the music industry is gradually coming to terms with the realities of the internet age.

There have been some interesting recent developments. One is a new alliance between record companies and MySpace wherein listeners...

A common indictment by conservatives against a public health insurance option is that it's a Trojan horse for a single-payer system. Providing people with a public option today, they say, will drive out private insurance companies tomorrow and lead to a purely government-run insurance program -- a la...

A Snowe storm has engulfed the media since last Tuesday. After becoming the lone Republican supporter of the Democratic health care reform effort, Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine has, to some, become the bill's raison d'etre. As the long, dramatic saga of reform approaches its final stretch, Snowe's decision has...

A new compromise has been floated for the public health insurance option: it's not co-ops, it's not a trigger; it's a provision that allows defiant states to opt out of offering the program to consumers. This idea has its problems (namely the millions who will be excluded)...

Max Baucus isn't the only senator who may be taking his health care cues from insurance companies. WellPoint Inc., recently revealed to have influenced Baucus's health care framework, also has notable ties to Gang of Six Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.).

Enzi's former health policy director between 2003 to...

In the coming days the media will be abuzz speculating what Obama might say next Wednesday during his prime-time address to a joint session of Congress. Here's what he should say: this bill will pass, and it will pass with a public insurance option. No two ways; it's time...

Only 4 percent of Israelis believe President Barack Obama's Mideast policies are "pro-Israel," according to a Smith Research poll this week. The number was 6 percent two months ago.

Thirty-five percent believe Obama's policies are balanced, while 51 percent say they are more pro-Palestine, according to the study.

In order to pass a robust health care bill, Democrats need to re-frame the debate with a strong, disciplined messaging campaign. They have the power, the truth, and public approval on their side, but they're slacking badly on messaging, and it's putting reform in jeopardy.

Republicans and industry groups, meanwhile,...