Seen online: “An old, confused white man shouting at an imaginary Barack Obama is the PERFECT symbol of the GOP campaign so far.”

Well, Bush has now managed to reorient the Commission on Civil Rights — as of today, it’s made up of a 6 to 2 conservative majority. And we all know how concerned conservatives are about civil rights  [more...]

The economic costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are estimated to total $1.6 trillion — roughly double the amount the White House has requested thus far, according to a new report by Democrats on  [more...]