Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois has been the Senate’s strongest proponent of the Dream Act, but while he is happy to see Republicans stepping forth to propose similar legislation, he…
For many of our readers, the song “The Great Pretender” is indelibly associated with the late legendary singer Freddie Mercury; however, he was not the first singer to set his…
Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann both sat down with Jon Stewart to discuss the state of the American Government. Among the things that they noted was the fact that the…
The drumbeat of the Republican War on Women continued unabated today as the Senate GOP voted to filibuster legislation aimed at protecting women who try to find out how their…
Those on the Right among the anti-LGBT groups are still furious over the fact that their pet idea, namely reparative therapy, is little more than snake oil sold to those…
It is official, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to take up the Prop 8 case. This means that it is going straight to the Supreme Court. The…