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It's hard to fault Joseph Cao for worrying about his re-election prospects, but let's not mistake self-interest for nobility.
Robert Stavins | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green
The new debate over climate change is repeating the confusion that was prevalent in the press about the allowance allocation in the Waxman-Markey legislation in the House of Representatives.
Andy Worthington | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics
If the rationale for not releasing the Yemenis from Guantánamo was extended to the U.S. prison system, no prisoner would ever be released at the end of their sentence, because prison "might have radicalized" them.
federalreserve.gov | Posted 10.01.2009 | Business
Note: Below is the full text of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's prepared remarks delivered earlier today. Chairman Ben S. Bernanke Regulatory reform...
Robert Stavins | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green
I had thought that arguments about massive "free lunches" in the energy efficiency and climate domain had long since been laid to rest. The debates in California (and some of the rhetoric in Washington) prove otherwise.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
When Representative Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) shouted "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during last night's address, it may have been more than a dick mo...
Politico | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics
Hundreds laid down their money to watch an onstage interview with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in Houston, the epicenter of Bush Country, on ...
Michael Rowe | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics
I'd like to imagine the feelings of Judy Shepard as the hate crimes bill named after her murdered son Matthew passed the house in the presence of the woman who attempted to besmirch his memory with ugly distortions.
Art Levine | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics
The two pay equity bills being considered this week by the House are a good sign that pro-worker legislation will get a fair hearing in this new Congress.
Brian Normoyle | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics
The President-Elect flipped eight Bush states to the blue column and managed to get two states to elect a Democrat for President for the first time in nearly half a century.
Southtown Star | Elisabeth Kilpatrick | Posted 11.02.2008 | Chicago
When the U.S. House of Representatives voted on the financial bailout package Monday, plenty of opposition came from the Southland's representatives, ...
Erik Ose | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics
These contests will help determine whether the party can hold off Republicans' attempts to seize back control of Congress, or add seats to the Democratic majority they gained in 2006.
Stefan Roberts | Posted 01.27.2009 | Politics
Her passing is a loss for America. In battling corruption and poverty she showed courage and conviction that is found less and less in our elected officials today.
Steven Crandell | Posted 05.31.2008 | Politics
Nuclear weapons are seen as the most serious and immediate threat to human life on the planet, but few of us know much about that threat.
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Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics