In an unprecedented move in the tradition of the President’s weekly address, private citizen Francine Wheeler, whose son Ben, 6, was one of the 20 first graders murdered by a …

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I don’t follow any senators on twitter as I use twitter primarily for meaningless purposes. However, the other day I happened upon a promoted tweet by @Team_Mitch. After I …

The party has moved so far to the right that it is in danger of falling apart.
For decades, they’ve made a devil’s bargain with the Religious Right, and now …

No matter what happens in the Senate on gun control — now being called “gun safety” since the old phrase is considered too potent — don’t expect it to a)emerge …

The NRA and Gun Safety
by Mike Peters

OF RELATED INTEREST:
–The Crack in the NRA’s Facacde
–21 NRA ‘A’-Rated Senators Part Of 68-31 Vote To Defeat Filibuster Of Background Check Bill
–NRA Looking Increasingly …

Save Our Schools From Creationism
by Tina Dupuy
I was raised as a creationist. I’d come home from school with a brain full of evolution and an enthusiasm for T-Rex and my …

It now turns out that the secret audio of Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell and advisors discussing how to in effect smear potential Democratic opponent Ashley Judd was not like the …

US Senate agrees to debate gun bill (via AFP)

The US Senate voted Thursday to debate the nation’s most ambitious gun safety legislation in almost two decades, after a bipartisan group …

Has American non-intervention in Syria reached the point of diminishing returns? For Saudi Arabia’s Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, columnist Tariq Alhomayed expresses extreme disappointment with the Obama Administration, which he contends is …

A vast majority of men (and women) — 91 percent — who know most about guns, who are best with guns, who have used guns in the line of duty, …

Jay-Z is hitting back at the critics, specifically the Republicans, who questioned his and Beyonce’s trip to Cuba, in a new rap track, mocking their anger. Florida Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and …

Is the war in Afghanistan now a pointless exercise that entails murdering people until the time for withdrawal arrives next year? For Germany’s Der Spiegel, Jakob Augstein expresses consternation about …

Are some politicians now doing the 21st century unthinkable — and slowly, gradually, tentatively, reaching across the aisle and talking with those on the other side rather than just demonizing …

Bound in a political black hole from which truth never escapes, Sen. Mitch McConnell and his staff launched a “scorch-earth” attack to divert the public from the facts on the leaked tape was the far greater sin than what was said.

WASHINGTON — Two important conservatives departed this life within days of each other. One was a world-historical figure with extravagant political gifts, and she rarely harbored …

The REAL question of the hour is: is Rep. Michele Bachmann trying to make physically running away from reporters an Olympic sport? The latest 100 yard dash:
At a joint press …

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CNN reports that a bipartisan deal has been reached on background checks:
- Sens. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, and Patrick J. Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, plan to announce a bipartisan deal on background …

Jim Inhofe, from Oklahoma, a Republican senator, is going to probably have to wear thick makeup to cover his embarrassment at using the grieving souls from the Newtown massacre, …

What you are about to read in this news report is indicative of how partisanship, lock-step ideology, and political hatred so skewers a politician’s view and his assertions that he …

“In every party there is one member who, by his all-too-devout pronouncement of the party principles, provokes the other to apostasy.”
- Human, All-to-Human

One is 46, the other one is 33.
One is a Republican, the other one is a Democrat.
One is the daughter of a vice president, the other one is the daughter …

It is obvious that Republicans, Democrats, and independents, have differing views of the characteristics and values of the two political parties. This was reinforced by a recent Gallop Poll (http://goo.gl/aYs4c) …

Carrey is a great actor and a great stand up comedian. He makes persuasive arguments through humor in his stand up and his movies (Truman Show). But in writing, the argument just isn’t there; the piece comes off more like a livid Youtube comment.

Sequester Cuts: Not In My Backyard!
by Dick Polman
Back in the winter, Republicans were perfectly happy to let the sequester happen. They hewed to their math-challenged belief that Washington could slash …

You can now bet the bank on it: if attempts at even the tepid parts of barely-surviving gun control proposals that proponents are now trying to get through the Senate …

Texas college student and staunch science advocate Zack Kopplin has done some Guest Voices on TMV (go HERE for his take on Bobby Jindal and creationism, and HERE for his …

Some years ago there was a lot of buzz when as fried foods came into disfavor in various media stories and then Kentucky Fried Chicken became known as “KFC.” Other …

Mr. Gandelman asks American conservatives to cover their ears because Thatcher raised the alarm about climate change. That’s not all!
ThinkProgress notes that Thatcher supported the NHS (“It delivered …

Quick! American conservatives cover your ears: the late Margaret Thatcher sounded the alarm on climate change, David Frum reminds us.

Lest you think that only American partisans are capable of over-the-top, name calling political hackery which reflects on them when they go over the top, just look at this controversy …