Deep Thought

According to the Financial Times, US incomes surge as stimulus kicks in . Personal income in the US surged in May thanks to an infusion of g...

It didn't take long for people to begin questioning whether South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford was telling the truth when he told his ...

After opposition candidates in Iran claimed that more than the number of eligible voters cast ballots in Iran's disupted election in as ...

After admitting an affair yesterday, Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) resigned his leadership position as Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Commi...

You'd think that with one-party rule in the legislature and the Governor's office, Arizona Republicans wouldn't have any trouble...

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was a little upset that Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) scheduled the confirmation hearing for Sonia Sot...

Several days ago I published a post titled sticks and stones about the rising tide of violence from the far right. And sure enough, today w...

Lately the conservative side of the wonkisphere has been all a-twitter (literally). Note: I'm not sure if anyone else has used the term ...

The family of Dr. George Tiller announced today that his clinic in Wichita (one of less than ten in the country that perform late term abort...

Last week Newt Gingrich referred to Judge Sotomayor as a racist. That didn't sit very well with his fellow Republicans, so he took the w...

The Dow today closed at 8,763.13, which is up more than 10% from the 7,949.09 that it closed at on January 20 (inauguration day.) This is da...

A very ugly picture.

Remember just a few weeks ago when Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano was pooh-poohed for a memo in which she cited intelligence repor...

There is an article on CNN.com today entitled, Why our 'amazing' science fiction future fizzled . It features a shot from the new ...

The death of Kerry Martin, the wife of state treasurer Dean Martin during what was supposed to be routine childbirth, and the death tonight ...

Rush Limbaugh today called Sonia Sotomayor a 'racist.' Yeah, Limbaugh. I guess he would know a bit about racism if he could listen t...

President Obama has made his first Supreme Court pick, Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor. And it's a great choice. The one point that ...

Much has been written about how no one seems to be calling the shots at the GOP. Michael Steele, whose job it is supposed to be, has in his ...

Well, apparently not . Pasta or chicken? As in, what meal would you like on your flight back to the United States? That's what Eric Pete...

We are hearing a lot about President Obama's meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu, a rabid right winger who...