Seems that the White House agrees with media guru and top blogger Jeff Jarvis of BuzzMachine when he wrote recently about the Iraq War...."...we continue to see that the war ... Read More

The lack of forthrightness and transparency by the Bush Administration greatly inhibits the flourishing of our democracy, and of the ability of the American people to know the simple truth....about ... Read More

The liberal blogosphere was clearly unimpressed with the President's speech on Iraq last night. Here's a sampling: From Pacific Views...."Bush gave a self-congratulatory speech tonight on his successes in fighting the ... Read More

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson would seem to have the perfect Democratic resume.....a Congressman for 14 years, UN Ambassador and US Energy Secretary under President Clinton. He was on John ... Read More

The Iraq War rages on, with no end in sight and no US exit plan. More than 1,700 US soldiers have been killed and thousands seriously injured in Iraq, and ... Read More

It's apparently "Pile on Karl Rove Day. "Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy. From AP this morning....."White House adviser Karl Rove should either apologize or resign for saying liberals ... Read More

This TV tidbit renders me almost speechless with anger, so I'll let blogger Pam's House Blend tell you about it.... "A new reality series in which three white, self-described 'Christian' families ... Read More

"People are fed up with adware and spyware" said New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer in May 2005, referring to a suit his office filed against InterMix, Inc. He ... Read More

Today on CBS' "Face the Nation," Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) declared that he intends to run for the presidency in 2008. Said Biden, "My intention now is to seek the ... Read More

I'm a native Californian, so this is "family" news for us Democrats. Lifelong bachelor, 67 year old Mayor Jerry Brown of Oakland, CA, was married Saturday to Ann Gust, former ... Read More

As if we didn't already realize it, polls show that 60% of Americans disapprove of the Bush Administration's handling of the War in Iraq, and 51% believe the US should ... Read More

Rep John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) will lead the public hearing today (Thursday) at 2:30 p.m. ET into the Downing Street Memos, the recently-leaked confidential 2002 British documents recording Bush plans ... Read More

The US Senate passed a resolution Monday to apologize for its past failures to pass anti-lynching laws. The unprecedented, overdue apology was aimed mainly at descendants of African-American slaves. Senate ... Read More

What are the Downing Street Memos? What's in the memos and are they authentic? Why are the Downing Street Memos important? What have George Bush and Tony Blair said about ... Read More

The White House has targeted five Senate seats now held by Democrats for 2006 election victories for Republicans. These five vulnerable seats are now held by Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ... Read More

"A military draft will resume. Not this week, maybe not this year, but in time a military draft will resume," says blogger John Ballard at Hootsbuddy. "Predicting the return ... Read More

From AP this morning: "As the war in Iraq drags on, President Bush's job approval and the public's confidence in the direction he's taking the nation are at their lowest ... Read More

This week, DNC Chairman Howard Dean famously proclaimed that the Republican party is "pretty much a white, Christian party." I felt deeply offended by Dean's thoughtless, demeaning remark because it ... Read More

I just watched what will undoubtedly be the TV moment of the day.....guest uber-conservative Sean Hannity and guest host uber-liberal Rosie O'Donnell on morning talkfest The View. Their conversation started ... Read More

I campaigned for John Kerry. I, of course, voted for John Kerry. I was shattered when Kerry lost the 2004 Presidential election. I had the distinct feeling, though in the ... Read More

This past weekend, a fellow About.com guide and I discovered that we share backgrounds from the same wealthy, conservative small town...it's my hometown, she raised a family there. After a ... Read More

"Democrats are losing patience with Joe Lieberman" writes the SmirkingChimp blog. DemocraticWings nominated Joe Lieberman to the Democratic Hall of Shame. There's even a "DumpJoe" Yahoo user group that asks, ... Read More

I've always felt that if women, rather than men, held the majority of world power, there'd be much less deadly fighting, macho posturing and violent wars. Apparently Senator Hillary Rodham ... Read More

Munching a quick lunch just now while watching CNN, I was stunned to hear that a couple websites are already tracking candidates for the 2008 Presidency. How can that be? ... Read More