Tag: Congress
An “Aye” Vote for the Chief Justice and Health Care
Burke's Law: I believe Chief Justice Roberts actually did his job.
Student Loan Interest Hike Temporarily Avoided…Maybe
Congress must act before July 1, or the interest rates basically double.
Libya, the Invasion Continuum, and Us
Congress has no Constitutional right to abdicate to the executive branch its power to declare and wage war.
Just for Kicks: The Repeal Follies
I have no idea what the GOP wants. I haven't found anything to tell me what their plan is.
Intifada of the Culture Wars: On the Censorship of the National...
It's censorship. It's the culture wars. It's "I told you so" time.
Sen. McCain: Prisoner of War Against the Gays
A long, long time ago, on a planet much like our own, Sen. McCain was actually a very tolerant man -- a maverick, if you will.
As the Lame Duck Quacks
George W. Bush's memoir as an action film, with WMDs as actual yellow cake, with cream cheese frosting.
“Kill the NEA”? With GOP Eyeing Big Cuts, Will It Happen?
It is worth falling on our collective swords over $161 million when the nation is going to pot?
Russ Feingold to Join Obama Team as Chief of Staff?
The President will benefit from Feingold's wisdom, wounds and wonder.
Vote — or Zip It! Thinking About the 2010 Midterms
And if you don't, then zip it. No vote = no voice.
New Article: Fate of Zadroga Bill Uncertain
Many Senate Republicans remain implacable against the so-called "first-responders" bill.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Reshma Saujani and Me
If an incumbent of 18 years has to vilify her opponent, to treat her like an adversary on Celebrity Deathmatch, then the race is already lost.
The Summer of American Intolerance
19 fundamentalist psychotics, not the two million who live ordinary lives, murdered 3,000 people on 9/11.
Republicans, Democrats and the Great Divide
I, unlike my liberal counterparts, do not think I should walk around in shame because I am a registered Republican.
Op-Ed: Obama, Congress and Our Afghan Reality
To remain the lone global superpower, it helps to control energy sources and supplies.
Rep. Barney Frank to “TalkOut” at “The Temperamentals”
Sit in the audience with a Democrat unafraid to kick the daylights out of the craptastic Republicans.
NEA Chair Landesman Tells 10 GOP Senators, Nicely, to Shut the...
Mounting evidence the National Endowment for the Arts scandal has landed on the craters of moony-eyed conservatives.
Burke’s Law XII: What I Saw in Obama’s Healthcare Speech to...
I pity those on Medicare screaming about socialist medicine and fascist governments. Do they not know Medicare is government-run healthcare? Do they not recall World War II?
Glenn Beck Stirs Pot; Sen. Cornyn Warns Obama Over Misusing NEA
Fox's story on the NEA may foretell a replay of the 1990s culture wars. Meanwhile, POTUS gets a different kind of warning from the right.
NEA Hijacked for Political Expedience? No! Yes? Yes! No? Er…Maybe?
We must not allow Obama to politicize the NEA, even for the progressive agenda to which so many of his supporters subscribe.
RIP RGB, RIP GOP, RIP USA
None of the second-rate white men currently on the Supreme Court will receive the honors given to RBG when they finally die.
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Herman Cain (and Republicans Unable)
And then there was Jerry Falwell, Jr., with his open pants, evangelical FUPA and his hands veering into prime side-boob territory with -- hey, doesn't she have a name?
