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Constitutional Amendment Introduced in Congress Ensuring Rights for People, Not Corporations (VIDEO)

Dennis Trainor | Posted 04.14.2013 | Politics
Dennis Trainor

A grassroots movement has arrived in Washington.

SAG-AFTRA Enlists the Undead in Fight to Slay Ballot Proposition

Jonathan Handel | Posted 01.01.2013 | Politics
Jonathan Handel

The zombies were out on the Boulevard yesterday, and not just on Santa Monica Blvd., their usual Halloween haunt. These creatures - a group of SAG-AFTRA members, staff and supporters made up to look well past their shelf lives - were out at mid-day on Wilshire Blvd., protesting Prop 32.

A Redistribution of Opportunity

Richard Geldard | Posted 11.20.2012 | Politics
Richard Geldard

When a culture seriously engages in a redistribution of opportunity, it selects those areas of support that help the ambitious and determined to become successful.

Overcoming Arrogance: An Election Lesson

Linda Durnell | Posted 11.13.2012 | Politics
Linda Durnell

Arrogance goes hand in hand with disrespect and this certainly destroys our ability to connect with others effectively. Too much arrogance will manifest as disdain and foster the belief of superiority.

Congressman Todd Akin: "Don't Know Much Biology (Or Crimes of Violence)" -- The Remix

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 10.23.2012 | Politics
Michelle Schweiger Schecter

There once was a Congressman, Akin / Caused a maelstorm, yet he is unshaken / This huge conflagration / Engulfing the nation.

A Giant Step Backward for Voters in Nevada and Beyond

Yousef Abukhdair | Posted 10.23.2012 | Politics
Yousef Abukhdair

A "none of the above" voting option allows Americans to articulate their disappointment with individual candidates and political parties while still being actively involved in the political process. States should be expanding this option, not eliminating it.

Shut-Down Propaganda and Magical Thinking: Akin as Romney-Ryan Ticket

Beau Friedlander | Posted 10.22.2012 | Politics
Beau Friedlander

There is simply no other way to explain Akin's crass opposition to life on life's terms and the exigencies that go along with being alive. He is all mission. And he is interchangeable with Paul Ryan. He is Mitt Romney unfiltered.

Akin's Team

Jonathan Richards | Posted 10.21.2012 | Politics
Jonathan Richards

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Congratulations Liberals, You Won

Nathan Harden | Posted 08.28.2012 | Politics
Nathan Harden

Now that the government has secured unprecedented power over us, a new era has dawned for liberals, who will now have a new confidence to pursue countless other long-deferred projects of social engineering.

Liberals Celebrating Breitbart's Death Should Rise Above Such Nonsense

Brian Normoyle | Posted 05.02.2012 | Media
Brian Normoyle

Celebrating the death of a political adversary is inappropriate, unkind, and small -- and we, all of us of any political persuasion, should strive to rise above such nonsense to more fully realize and exhibit our common humanity.

Americans Still Lead the World in Self Regard, Latest Poll

Gail Vida Hamburg | Posted 01.21.2012 | Politics
Gail Vida Hamburg

Pew's findings are a tribute to the resilience of our super-size ego. It shows that most of us are quite pleased with ourselves. Why analyze anything, or learn from our shortcomings, or examine our mistakes, when we can just tell ourselves how superior we are?

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Disclosure Requirement: Justice Thomas and the Case of the Inadvertent Omission

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 12.04.2011 | Politics
Michelle Schweiger Schecter

A Justice sits on the High Court For years he chose not to report Monies paid to his wife Now the root of much strife Seems with ethics he failed to c...

Exclusive: WGA East and LA County AFL-CIO Endorse Occupy Wall Steet / Occupy LA

Jonathan Handel | Posted 12.03.2011 | Politics
Jonathan Handel

In exclusive statements to the Hollywood Reporter, the Writers Guild of America, East and the LA County Federation of Labor have endorsed the Occupy p...

Allies of Rick Perry form group that accepts unlimited, undisclosed donations

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 11.28.2011 | Politics
The Center for Public Integrity

By Peter H. Stone, iWatch NewsCitizens for a Greater America, a group newly launched by allies of GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry, has organiz...

Too Little, Too Late: The President's "Big Jobs Speech"

Peter Smirniotopoulos | Posted 11.08.2011 | Politics
Peter Smirniotopoulos

When what we really needed was a new vision for America and a clear path forward, what we received instead was a collection of tepid, "been there/done that," short-term fixes. A Band-Aid on a shotgun blast.

9/11/11: Have We Become a Nation of Whiners?

Linda R. Monk, J.D. | Posted 11.05.2011 | Politics
Linda R. Monk, J.D.

I worry that 9/11 has already become a triviality, consigned to one square on the calendar and the dustbin of history

Perry assembles extraordinary bundler ranks in early weeks of campaign

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 10.30.2011 | Politics
The Center for Public Integrity

By Peter H. Stone, iWatch NewsRick Perry's GOP presidential campaign has rapidly assembled an impressive roster of bundlers who have each signed up ...

The "Friday Syndrome" and Gulf Oil Drilling

Jackie Savitz | Posted 10.22.2011 | Green
Jackie Savitz

In case you were lucky enough to have already left for the weekend, take note: the Obama administration will sell more leases for offshore oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in spite of the risk of another major spill.

Only One Woman on the "Super Committee"? Ouch!

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner | Posted 10.12.2011 | Women
Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Here's the math: Women are 50.7% of our population, only 17% of Congress, and an appallingly low 8% of the Super Committee. This lack of representation on the debt ceiling Super Committee which is charged with cutting $1.5 trillion from the federal budget is pathetic.

No News Is Good News

Douglas Forbes | Posted 10.05.2011 | Media
Douglas Forbes

Who can argue that cable TV teems with killer comedy? I mean, have you watched CNN, MSNBC or FOX News channels lately?

I Used to Write Books...

Rabbi David Wolpe | Posted 09.30.2011 | Books
Rabbi David Wolpe

I write columns, Facebook posts (each blessed day), emails, sermons, but I am pushing the bolder of the book up the Sisyphean mountain with no discernible results.

Still Crazy After All These Years: The Reagan Legacy and the Debt Ceiling "Crisis"

Peter Birkenhead | Posted 09.24.2011 | Politics
Peter Birkenhead

The reality-inverting summer of 1981 laid the foundation for a dissociative political culture that nothing yet has been able to shake, and we're all paying the price.

Why We Were Attacked In Norway

Jalees Rehman, M.D. | Posted 09.22.2011 | Religion
Jalees Rehman, M.D.

One of the biggest shocks was that these attacks occurred in Norway, which is characterized by an open and peaceful society. However, Norway is exactly the kind of country that would offend religious or political right-wing extremists.

Venture Capitalists and Rx Activists Speak Out Against the PROTECT IP Act

Jonathan Handel | Posted 08.24.2011 | Technology
Jonathan Handel

Opposition to the PROTECT IP Act -- Hollywood-supported legislation intended to reduce content piracy and block counterfeit goods -- is growing among ...

Apprehending an Immigrant With the Border Patrol

Trevor Neilson | Posted 08.18.2011 | Politics
Trevor Neilson

Yesterday in the desert outside Nogales, Arizona, it was well over 100 degrees. I was hiking up a hill, through thorns and over rocks with a colleagu...