In a powerful speech from the Senate floor Sunday, Sheldon Whitehouse (RI-D), took his Republican colleagues to task for their "no-holds barred mission of propaganda, obstruction and fear." Whitehouse concluded: "There will be a reckoning. There will ...]]> Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QovIkXdv_sWell, somebody had to. Seriously. Former Vice President Dick Cheney should STFU already.Just hours after President Obama's speech about his administration's new Afghanistan policy, Dick Cheney sat down f...]]> Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ow_nZO8vfQ I don't know about you, but ever since convicted felon Martha Stewart was served up as a sacrificial lamb to federal prosecutors and the SEC, I've become downright fond of her--even though she hawks he...]]> Cartoon courtesy of the wonderful Peaco Todd.Although Levi Johnston, that father of Palin's born out of wedlock grandson Tripp, may not be the most objective source on Sarah Palin, I can't help but think he's got her Oprah interview right, telling US ...]]> Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) does it again.  One day she's calling the murder of Matthew Shepard a "hoax" and the next she's pronouncing health care reform is a bigger threat to American freedom than "any terrorist from any country."  That's rig...]]> "It's shocking to think that, in today's America, over half of this country could be discriminated against." --Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQOBH2i0Ve0 We all know by now that American insurance companies discrimin...]]> That's what conservative writer John Derbyshire told radio host Alan Colmes yesterday during an on air interview. Derbyshire is a columnist for the National Review and just published a book titled We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative  Pessimism...]]> Earlier today, I received an email pointing me to a poll on Facebook that asked: "Should Obama Be Killed?"  The answer choices were Yes, Maybe, If he cuts my health care, and No.The poll has since been removed by Facebook but you can see a screenshot ...]]> On December 31, three provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act that broadly expanded government surveillance authority in the wake of 9/11 are set to expire. Senator Russ Feingold and nine other senators have introduced S. 1686, the JUSTICE Act to reform o...]]> More news has surfaced about the conditions surrounding the death of Bill Sparkman, the Census worker found hanged in rural Kentucky on September 12th.  According to a witness who discovered the Sparkman's body, he was was "naked, gagged and had ...]]>