EDITOR'S NOTE - An occasional look at assertions by government officials and others on how well they adhere to the facts. WASHINGTON - Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over

Sharon McCaslin, prosecuting attorney for the United States Department of Justice, officially declared war on America's Veterans when she defiantly pronounced in federal court that it is "desecration" and a "crime" for a Veteran to hang the American...

The National Priorities Project is celebrating 25 years. A must watch VIDEO explaining about them, what they do, and chart to show the cost of the wars since 2001.

A Marine sergeant charged with faking battle injuries to get freebies intended for wounded warriors will plead guilty. Budwah faces eight counts, including making false official statements, malingering, misconduct and larceny.

Conservative glee at America's rebuff by the Olympic Committee show that the guiding principle of Republicans is spite pure and simple. If they think something might be good for the president, they're against it -- whether or not it's good for America.

Finally someone gets it...

An innocent man, Leonard Peltier was wrongfully convicted in 1977 and has served over 30 years in federal prison despite proof that he was convicted on the basis of fabricated and suppressed evidence, as well as coerced testimony.

In a satiric video from Funny or Die, Will Ferrell, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, and other celebs band together to "protect" insurance company profits from the evils of health care reform.

Watching the health care debate unfold these days is a little like watching scenes from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" -- the ones showing a collage of strung-out, deranged or otherwise incapacitated patients rotting away in a squalid psychiatric ward.

The smear campaign against Van Jones is an attack by the propertied elite - the oil and coal companies and their Fox news mouthpieces - on the security and freedom of ordinary people. The motivation for the attack is transparent - green jobs threaten...