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Cardinal Daniel DiNardo (Pic by Nieve44/La Luz, via Flickr) In statement for the Catholic Church’s “Respect Life Month,” Cardinal Daniel DiNardo released a statement saying that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is exhibiting antagonism toward religion and has displayed a “distorted view of sexuality.” DiNardo, who is the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, has taken issue with a decision by Health and Human Services to include birth control in a list of preventive care services.

From an RNC press release, here’s a hint at just who’s moping about Harold Ford’s aborted Senate bid.

Citing concerns about the potential for water contamination and associated economic problems for Michigan communities, the Detroit City Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution calling for a ban on hydraulic fracturing. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a method of natural gas production that uses water, chemicals and sand to force gas out of shale formations

Inside the U.S. Capitol (Pic by ThatMakesThree, via Flickr) The 12 lawmakers — three Senate Democrats, three Senate Republicans, three House Republicans and three House Democrats — charged with drafting legislation to cut at least $1.2 trillion out of the deficit over the next 10 years have received at least $20 million in political contributions from 1989 through 2011. Education Week , published by the nonprofit Editorial Projects in Education , asks: So who in the education world has given a lot of money to these supercommittee members?

Pueblo County Clerk Gilbert Ortiz gave Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler until this morning to specifically and formally address another of the charged ramifications of his new interpretation of state election law. Gessler got in under the wire. Thursday evening, he sent Ortiz a letter ordering him not to send ballots to any of the county’s “inactive voters”– legally registered voters who failed to cast ballots in the previous even-year general election– including roughly 70 soldiers on the Pueblo County inactive voter rolls serving out of state

Colorado Republican Party Chair Dick Wadhams apparently isn’t the only one attacking the financial acumen of state Sen.

After hearing this morning from Republican senators on the Armed Services Committee that their report on Fort Hood was too politically correct to single out

Media Matters staff has been all over the manufactured scandal haunting Kevin Jennings, the U.S. Department of Education’s director of the Office of Safe and

Turns out that even conservatives can’t stomach the indefinite detention of a lawful U.S. resident, without charge, in an American prison. In an amicus

Robert Novak, who died of brain cancer Tuesday at age 78, is being remembered this afternoon for his long career as a hard-nosed journalist; his much-relished

Unlike previous Democratic presidential candidates, Obama has taken a cue from the state’s governor and freshman senator and launched an all-inclusive 88-county strategy with an unprecedented grassroots campaign. Ohioans have never seen anything like it.

Gov. Rick Scott (left) with Florida Senate President-Designate Don Gaetz, R-Destin (Pic via flgov.com) Though the specifics of what Florida higher education reforms might look like remains unclear, it is increasingly important to examine who might be inspiring them. While Gov

Greg Sargent reports: Two freshman Republicans — at the direction of Eric Cantor and other House GOP leaders — will introduce a bill to “direct”

The Today Show ran a groveling interview with ex-Playboy bunny and newfound alternative med-queen Jenny McCarthy on Wednesday. The text of the interview is

In an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press yesterday New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg suggested that Detroit could be helped by a federal policy to encourage immigrants to locate there. The Associated Press reports: “Take a look at the big, old, industrial cities, Detroit, for example,” he said.

A natural gas pipeline exploded in San Bruno, Calif., Sept. 9. (Xinhua/ZUMApress.com)

It’s April 16, and in Washington this year that signifies something more than a Tea Party hangover. It’s also the date by which Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner

It’s not just Alberto Gonzales. Adam Serwer talks to John Bellinger, who served as Condoleezza Rice’s legal adviser at the State Department and the National

Two new ones from the tireless Iranian dissenter worth highlighting. First: Hospital sources - at least 1000 people injured so far by Gov in the streets

The national oil spill commission has made headlines last week for its reports that heavily criticized the Obama administration for its response to the Gulf oil