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Harry Moroz | Posted 05.30.2009 | Business
The Senate is capable of making activity illegal that the general public already assumes is illegal.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics
Barack Obama continues to ride a wave of public support as we approach the magic "100th day" of his presidency. Since I wrote about his 100 days (94 ...
David Finkle | Posted 05.16.2009 | Entertainment
Maybe this is an overdue recognition that men -- traditionally socialized to be strong, to deny their flaws adamantly -- are finally able to come face to face with them.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics
Democrats are all but admitting that they're killing off cap-and-trade for this year's legislative season. When the time comes, they will be blaming the Republicans, even though their own cowardice is the real culprit.
AP | DAVID ESPO and ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Acting in quick succession, the House and Senate approved budgets Thursday night drawn to President Barack Obama's specifications a...
Harry Moroz | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics
Lawmakers should use the current crisis as an opportunity to usher in a new era of middle-class American rule.
Ken Dychtwald Ph.D. | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living
Where's the gravitas? Where are the leaders? This is no time for our most experienced men and women to be on the bench.
Chris Weigant | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics
The bottom line of this story is that nine out of forty-one Republican senators just broke ranks with their party and voted to strip a McCain amendment from a budget bill.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics
Hoping to ride on the tattered coattails of Alex Rodriguez, three members of Congress plan to introduce legislation to ban products intended to help a...
Sam Greenfield | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics
Tax cuts without a stimulus package is like shooting someone to minister to a bullet wound: it only creates more bleeding with no end in sight.
Brian Ross | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics
House and Senate Republicans are doing Obama a huge favor. Congress is setting up places for the Stimulus Luau, and though it pains me to say it, our folks are doing making pork the main course.
Timothy Karr | Posted 02.22.2009 | Business
Change has come to America. Well, sort of. On "K" Street - home to Washington's most powerful corporate lobbyists - it's business as usual.
AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The House expressed its bipartisan anger over a massive financial bailout package Thursday as the Obama administration undertook to...
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics
Are you frustrated by all the "we need to look forward, not backward" language from Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders? Well, now you can do something about it.
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics
Happy New Year 2009! Because I've always felt it is more amusing to make new year's resolutions that others should follow, today's Friday Talking Poin...
Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics
Like a restricted country club that would rather die than change, the Republican Party is marginalizing itself for the sake of the white men who run it.
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics
Brian Williams, NBC's talking head extraordinaire, is probably a decent guy, a guy with whom you could sit down and have a beer. [More on the alcohol...
Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics
I am confident that Mr. Obama will work to end the ban on lesbians and gays serving openly in the military. Why am I so confident? Because Barack Obama said so.
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics
I'm not worried about whether checks and balances will disappear if Republicans don't have more than 40 seats in the Senate. True checks and balances are more fundamental than party affiliation.
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics
While today is not officially Turkey Day, I will warn you in advance that it's going to be a theme running through today's column, like gravy through ...
Harry Moroz | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business
A tax cut for new cars would encourage Americans to rack up more debt and buy the same gas guzzling cars without assisting the failing economy in a significant way.
Mary Beth Maxwell | Posted 12.18.2008 | Home
This week, American Rights at Work launched a substantial nationwide television ad campaign. It emphasizes the fact that far too often, CEOs won't wil...
John Seery | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics
The 111th Congress, when it convenes on January 6th, will be the oldest in our nation's history. Each of the last five Congresses has, successively, set a new record as the oldest our country has ever seen.
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics
Welcome back to Friday Talking Points. Of course, the big question on everyone's mind right now is: What is going on up in Minnesota? Al Franken is t...
Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 06.05.2009 | Entertainment