Members of Congress should not have access to taxpayer-funded health care when they are actively denying these very people quality care of their own.
Joel Epstein | Posted 12.03.2009 | Los Angeles
Why aren't we asking the business and philanthropic community to help do their part by offering to pick up the tab on Metro station construction?
Robert Naiman | Posted 12.04.2009 | World
Already, President Obama has ordered Marine units to be deployed later this month. If Congress waits for months to debate the issue, most of the new troops may already be in place.
AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — White House party crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi declined an invitation to testify to Congress about their caper at President B...
Meizhu Lui | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics
No one suggests that we don't need laws against stealing, and that it should just be left to individual conscience. But when it comes to stealing a whole house, that's exactly what some people seem to think.
Rebecca Sive | Posted 12.02.2009 | Chicago
Today I feel like I'm still 18, in the fall of 1968, gathering nickels, dimes and dollars for a friend to take the bus to Rapid City, South Dakota to get an (illegal) abortion.
Nathaniel Frank | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics
Without explicit protection, gay troops could be fired for sharing their views and experiences with senators and representatives, since current law calls for discharging anyone who says they are gay.
Shahid Buttar | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics
Will President Obama serve as the beacon of hope in government that he pretended to be throughout last year's campaign, or did he merely pander to the public in order to pursue his personal ambitions?
Harry Moroz | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics
The estate tax, which applies to transfers of assets to a person's heirs, is in reality little more than a conservative talking point. It is the "death panel" of tax policy and conservatives refer to it as such.
The Atlantic | Marc Ambinder | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics
Obama, speaking with a group of columnists and reporters at a White House lunch today, conceded that Americans "are right to be concerned" about the a...
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics
You are invited to impose security. Strategy, slogans, a new direction, we'll take it all. You are now marching toward escalation; please escalate at home to reassure a crime-weary New Orleans.
Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics
In the United States we need to distinguish ourselves from countries, like our NATO ally Turkey, who continue officially to regard homosexuality as shameful.
Georges Ugeux | Posted 12.01.2009 | Business
One of the casualties of this crisis is the capacity of economists to read the signs and launch warning signals. While Ben Bernanke understands economics and numbers, he lacks the necessary instincts.
latimes.com | Kathy M. Kristof | Posted 11.30.2009 | Business
The stimulus act included $25 billion to help the jobless stay on their former employers' health plans for up to nine months, but the money is running...
NYT | CHARLIE SAVAGE | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics
The department's conclusion, laid out in a recently disclosed five-page memorandum from David Barron, the acting assistant attorney general for the Of...
AP/ The Huffington Post | By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL | Posted 11.26.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and a top House Republican acknowledged in holiday messages Thursday the economic struggles facing Americans this...
Jeff Cohen | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics
From the stimulus to health care, Obama's shown a Clinton-like willingness to roll over progressives on his way to corrupt legislation and frantic efforts to compromise for the votes of corporate Democrats or "moderate" Republicans.
Graham Bensinger | Posted 11.25.2009 | Sports
Congresswoman Maxine Waters recently joined me on my radio show. The interview was primarily focused on the NFL Congressional Hearing and her questioning Commissioner Roger Goodell. See what she said.
Adam Shapiro | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics
My old friend Tom Perriello, I am afraid, has become like so many of his colleagues, a mere tool of a hard-right AIPAC agenda that has no business dictating American policy, as it did with the Goldstone resolution.
Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics
Republicans are poised to cement their complete opposition to everything Obama and reap a huge political win by twisting their political principles to oppose further escalation of troops in Afghanistan.
nytimes.com | ANDREW ROSS SORKIN | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business
Representative Ron Paul of Texas won committee approval of a far-reaching amendment that would give Congress vast new authority over the Federal Reser...
Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics
President Obama has said he would sign legislation overturning the ban on gays in the military. Here's a roadmap to make sure that happens in 2010.
Jennifer Donahue | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics
When members of the House and Senate return home, they will probably face the wrath they did last summer in town hall meetings. It is not anger aimed towards one party, or one president.
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics
Let's look at the poker hand we've been dealt on health care reform. Democrats have now officially gone from "pot committed" to "all in." The stakes, to be blunt, have been raised until they are as high as they can go.
Richard Walden | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
If the current legislation fails to curb costs or vastly increase access to care, it should be scrapped and a full on national, or even state by state, health care plan substituted in its place.
Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics