While President Obama and the Democratic establishment have all come out in support of marriage equality over the past few years, most mainstream politicians are still behind the curve on drug policy reform.
āLouisiana is the worldās prison capital. The state imprisons more of its people, per head, than any of its U.S. counterparts. First among America...
Arianna and Kellyanne Conway discuss Jonathan Haidt's new book, which argues that "righteousness" precedes self-righteousness. Through that lens, the women debate their different views of the Trayvon shooting and "War on Women".
Joe Oliver appeared on MSNBC's The Last Word on Tuesday night to defend his friend, George Zimmerman, the 28-year-old neighborhood watch member who ...
New York Times columnist Charles Blow issued an apology on Friday for sending a controversial tweet about Mitt Romney during Wednesday's Republican pr...
So what do you do when financial analysts are warning that housing prices are headed for a "triple dip," the second largest Swiss Bank (Credit Suisse)...
Do American Jews support President Obama? Does that support remain strong even as the President presses both Israel and the Palestinians to make the n...
Maybe we should just let the children run the country, at least until the recession is over. They appear to be the only people not bubbling over with ...
In Florida's House of Representatives, Rep. Janet Long opposed a bill that would require women to pay for ultrasounds before an abortion, telling adversaries: "Stand down if you don't have ovaries."
Sure, full legal equality may take two decades and the battle against bigotry will last forever but there is no denying that the LGBT movement is on the move like never before.
The Republicans' strategy of slowing down change couldn't be more evident than in the perpetually extending health care debate. But they have been successful at promulgating the idea that they, too, are touting change.
It is my belief that outrageously hypocritical behavior demonstrated by conservative religious authorities is directly responsible for the surge in non-believers and those who shun organized religion.
Charle's M. Blow suggests that voters trust government less under Democrats than under Republicans. Let's rewrite his column--same facts, but different implicit assumption.
When Iowa's Supreme Court voted unanimously that a state law banning same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, Times editorial and op-ed writers were unhinged.
So the Times presents Gallup data showing a clear trend toward the left, and calls it a "move to the middle." Is the assumption that we were mostly right-wingers a few years ago?