Before I get going, first, I really love how Rep. John Boehner was so happy to be the new U.S. Speaker of the House that he wept describing his road to leadership. I cried with him because it’s not about us, it really is all about him; and that’s sad! I mean he’s a real [...]

Today’s election marks the end of an epic, historic campaign season that included witches, a rally for sanity, the Tea Party and a journalist handcuffed by a campaign. From Whitman to Reid to Miller, candidates have spent more than ever, fought more than ever and given us an election cycle of firsts.  
 But there [...]

I’m going to (mostly) resist the urge to take advantage of this column’s volume number in order to write a really gross column. Numerically, and inventory-wise, a “gross” is (of course) one dozen dozen. Twelve squared. But to dwell on this cheap pun would be unseemly, even though there’s plenty of “gross” material out there [...]

- Historian Thom Hartmann discusses the history of corruption that led up to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, Citizens United v. FEC  (No. 08-205) – By Joshua Holland in AlterNet Election 2010 is being fought on a wave of campaign dollars unleashed on the American people by the Supreme Court in its Citizens United v. [...]

“There were almost no elections in Wardak,” said Ghulam Hassan, a local elder. “The votes were stolen right in front of our eyes.” The turn of events in Wardak likely represents a larger trend in a number of restive areas throughout Afghanistan, where Taliban threats limit the ability of election monitoring teams to visit many [...]

No, I don’t think either of the stars of last Saturday’s “Restoring Honor” gathering in DC will run for office this year. I do think that they have revealed a compelling narrative just in time for campaign season, however. The well produced plot — funded by billionaires with an eternal grudge — has primed the [...]