Malalai Joya: "it is almost as if the Taliban was still in power. After the war, the U.S. brought to power these misogynist warlords called the Northern Alliance, who are just like the Taliban. These were the same people who ruled between 1992 and 1996".

The U.S. Senate did the right thing today by confirming David Hamilton to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

President Barack Obama's ironic first year in office has become a travesty, with his job approval rating below 50%. Now with public outcries from his nation and having some printers' ink being intensely applied, Obama/Biden suddenly spring into action!?

Watch the most politically critical SNL parody of the Barack Obama and Jintao press conference in Beijing. Saturday Night Live slams President Barack Obama to the mat real hard!!!

San Francisco, California (CNN) -- Alcatraz Island was a chilly, unwelcoming place once reserved for infamous criminals. Not even the federal government appeared to want it after the penitentiary closed in the 1960s.

When Palin touts her book in Indiana, pro-lifers will be there--because they don't believe she's one of them

Kudos to seven Board members for persisting in their efforts to protect the rights of people to open access of public records. From Reaching the Stars blog. Also links to the full story on the Chicago Tribune website.

LLINGS - After a 31-year wait, the U.S. Department of Interior said Tuesday it will not recognize Montana's Little Shell Tribe, a group of landless Indians who have struggled to stay together through more than a century of poverty and dislocation

Rep. Tom Price is introducing a resolution to censure Alan Grayson in the House for saying that the GOP health care bill is: "don't get sick." There will be debate on Grayson's actions at 2pm today on the floor which you can watch on CSPAN.

Our allies are tiring, preparing to cut and run. They have suffered and sacrified as we have and deserve thanks, not the derision we pile on them. Why do we forget when their children die alongside ours?