Led by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), five Democratic senators formally proposed legislation yesterday "to ban companies owned by foreign governments from controlling operations at U.S. ports. The bill would ... Read More

Results of a CBS poll released today are devastating for the Bush Administration, and include presidential and vice-presidential approval ratings that are the lowest ever recorded for sitting executives. Per CBS, ... Read More

Today starts Jon Stewart week in Hollywood, as filmdom gets ready for political comedian and liberal darling Stewart's first gig as host of the Academy Awards on March 5. Producer Gil ... Read More

As I write this, Baghdad and three surrounding provinces are locked down with a 24-hour curfew, and everyone confined to their homes except for walking to local mosques. Many ... Read More

From the transcript of February 22, 2006 broadcast of Lou Dobbs' program on CNN: DOBBS: President Bush's family and members of the Bush administration have long-standing business connections with the United ... Read More

Turns out that, according to AP, the Bush Administration has a secret spy deal with Dubai Ports World (DPW), the United Arab Emirates-owned company set to assume operations of ... Read More

"Bush transfered ownership of 6 American ports to Dubai Ports World, a private company owned by Dubai/United Arab Emirates. Bush, who has imprisoned in Guantanamo without redress many with Arab-sounding ... Read More

The Bush Administration has spent more than any other presidency in US history on national security, and yet the United States remains as physically vulnerable today as before September 11, ... Read More

The Democratic Party is showing vibrant signs of new life just 15 months after devastating 2004 election losses. And happily, the party is finally embarking on internal debate to hone ... Read More

Looking for some interesting and useful cyber-browsing this weekend? Here's an eclectic list of reads I've recently enjoyed from all around About.com.... From James Martin, About.com's blogger at the Torino, Italy ... Read More

Last week, the Bush administration quietly outsourced significant operations of six of the United States' largest ports to a company owned by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The $6.8 billion ... Read More

For a book I'm writing, I interviewed a woman today who will earn her teaching credential in May 2006 from a major California university. Next week, she starts the requisite ... Read More

"The first thing I'm hearing from everyone I speak to is that the hunting community in Texas is near unanimous in its feeling that the story being put out by ... Read More

"Vice President Cheney's slow and unapologetic public response to the accidental shooting of a 78-year-old Texas lawyer is turning the quail-hunting mishap into a political liability for the Bush administration ... Read More

The "Dick Cheney Has a Gun and Shoots His 78-year-old Friend in the Face" story isn't going away anytime soon. As they say in the film industry, this one has ... Read More

Announcing a new site here at US Liberals at About.com: Activist 101. Get involved by supporting a cause, a candidate or a movement! This site is for political novices, longtime ... Read More

I haven't yet written, nor thought deeply, about ongoing, violent Middle East protests over Danish political cartoons satirizing the prophet Muhammed....probably because I'm immersed in such as the Bush Administration's ... Read More

"This budget is harmful to rural America. It is full of deep cuts that will be felt up and down the Main Streets of America's heartland. While we must rein ... Read More

This is Library Tower (recently renamed US Bank Tower) in downtown Los Angeles. It's an elegant 73-story, 15 year old building located in the central business district. ... Read More

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but ... Read More

The funeral on Tuesday of Coretta Scott King was an important turning point politically for this nation. Mark my words on that. Coretta and Martin Luther King would have been ... Read More

"The nation needed a new budget plan this year, a dramatic and bold acknowledgment from this administration that we need to put our fiscal house back in order. Instead, we ... Read More

I first heard about U2 rocker Bono's inspiring speech from one of my favorite bloggers, moderate Republican, Pastor Mark Daniels. I next heard about it in an email ... Read More

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." ----- Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963 ------------------------------ Still think that President Bush, advocate of ... Read More

Kathy Gill, About.com's Guide to US Politics, has an insightful, "must-read" article today that I wish I had written. Her article, entitled Arrest First, Apologize Later, closely examines ... Read More

"I've seen some strange things in my life, but I cannot describe the feeling I had, sitting on the House floor during Tuesday's State of the Union speech, listening to ... Read More

File this under Talk Like a Democrat, Walk Like a Republican.... Throughout his administration, George Bush has portrayed himself as the education president...saving quality education for all students, setting tough standards ... Read More

"The major Senate Democratic fundraising committee has pulled millions of dollars ahead of its Republican counterpart despite the solid GOP Senate majority and the fundraising advantages of incumbency" reported the ... Read More