The town halls are back but with far less hype. The fiery outbursts that replayed on national media during last August's town hall meetings on heal...

Schauer, who narrowly defeated the very conservative Tim Walberg in 2008, represents a swing district.

Republicans are looking to resurrect the angry town halls of August in the last few weeks of November. Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar ...

We want security not only for the president and our top officials, but also for ourselves and our families. Yet as a nation we make it very easy for dangerous people to arm themselves.

MINNEAPOLIS - President Barack Obama assailed critics of his health care initiative Saturday, seeking to grab the megaphone from his opponents and boo...

Appeals by politicians or pundits for protesters to be "reasonable" and pay attention to the actual facts fall on deaf ears. The only scenarios that seem plausible are those commensurate with their level of anxiety.

It has become clear that Obama's supporters are beginning to lose faith and the desire to fight for the president if he drops the public option.

Thanks to the town hall turmoil from bigots, birthers and assorted miscreants, Republicans can savor a sugar-high on health care -- a decadent and ultimately short-lived victory.

Someone shouted, "Socialism!" and the crowd applauded ... then laughed. So chill, conservatives.

Despite an impressive showing by Congressman Massa and activists on both sides, I walked away from this event convinced that the town halls are nothing more than sideshow theatre.

The town hall protests are a form of undead politics, and these are the necromancers who have raised it.

Research shows that Americans, when they have a chance to work through the choices in health care reform, are far more willing to make tradeoffs than town hall meetings would suggest.

Debate is only possible when other side will pause and listen. An argument without a counter-argument is just a lot of yelling.

What we're seeing from the health care town halls and what we've seen from the "birthers" is essentially what I call the Tyranny of the Tantrum, which many parents encounter during the "terrible twos."

It's not enough to elect someone and trust that he, she or they will fix things while we continue on our merry, consuming way. A movement is a myth without the people asking: What can we do?

The problem with Stalin's Soviet Union wasn't too much access to end-of-life counseling. The problem was systematic homicidal neglect. Sort of like what America's uninsured have now.

As we enter the back-to-school phase of the calendar, I want to share some good news and offer some unsolicited advice to our nation's education top cop.

I want the focused, goal-oriented, real grass-roots supported, campaign mode for health reform.

The lies and misinformation at a town hall held by Sen. DeMint that came both from the crowd and the stage probably exceeded what many might have imagined.