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On Thursday night’s “ Stossel Show ,” which airs on the Fox Business channel,

It’s supposed to be Sen. John McCain’s week, but the Democratic National Committee (DNC) keeps trying to grab some of the spotlight. With math. The DNC

In 2004, 64 percent of Montanans voted to legalize medical marijuana . Tuesday, the State Legislature voted to overrule the voters , passing a bill to treat medical users of marijuana the same as recreational users are treated–as criminals. The bill has now passed both the House and the Senate

Every week Americans find out they are more and more screwed by this economy.

According to a press release from Personhood USA issued today, the ACLU and Planned Parenthood have appealed to the state Supreme Court in their challenge to Mississippi’s controversial Personhood Amendment. # Personhood USA is calling this decision “conspicuous” because both the ACLU and Planned Parenthood have not sought legal action against the numerous “fetal pain” bills making their way through state legislatures

The former Speaker of the House caught a break between Fox News Sunday interviews to travel to China with his wife Callista. The ensuing photo essay is a

Banks are exploring how far their can go to convince you that you should pay them fees for every transaction.

Sunday services are more than a sermon from the pulpit in Iowa during election season — congregants may see a future President in the crowd.

No wonder global warming has Al Gore so hot under the collar. His harangue against climate change deniers induced a frenzy of conservative chest-pounding last week wherein Fox News and the usual suspects swore his scatological sermon must be a symptom of dementia.

Politico has a good story this morning breaking down criticism over Sen. Robert Menendez’s comprehensive immigration bill, which could be unveiled as early as

Just out from the White House: Michelle and I were deeply saddened today to hear about the passing of Congressman John Murtha. Jack was a devoted husband, a

There’s another debunked claim of border violence to add to the list: Talking Points Memo reports today on right-wing reluctance to let go of a story about a

The leak I got yesterday from Kandahar expressing skepticism that counterinsurgency can bring the nine-year war in Afghanistan to a successful conclusion has

Joe DiVincenzo styles himself affectionately as Joe D, the Essex County executive who has happily given bipartisan credence to New Jersey Republican Gov.

Early on the evening of July 9, a former Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter found herself standing outside the ballroom of the Grand Hyatt in midtown New

DES MOINES — A moderate Republican candidate may end up winning the Iowa Caucuses, a long-time political observer says, despite the state’s strong social conservative base of voters. David Yepsen , a former political reporter who spent 34 years at The Des Moines Register, said there’s a very possible scenario in which Mitt Romney wins the caucuses, the New Hampshire primary and the Republican nomination

Doug Hoffman, he failed Conservative Party candidate in the NY-23 special election is clearly relishing the surprise twist in his election -- errors in the

This morning, a little, wonky blog post is creating a lot of controversy. Economics of Contempt writes: Here’s a scary thought: Let’s say the European

For all the criticisms Republicans are lobbing at the House Democrats’ plan to pass the Senate health care reform bill without actually passing the Senate

This afternoon, President Obama signed the $26.1 billion state aid bill into law -- meaning local governments will get some immediate fiscal relief. The bill is

In an ongoing project to shine more light on pregnancy centers that counsel women out of having abortions -– commonly known as “crisis pregnancy centers,”