Thanks to Senator “Bridge To Nowhere” Ted Stevens, the above message may be required to be placed prominently on the first page or any subsequent pages on any website, including blogs or any other ’social networking’ site that might contain sexual material.
It’s all included in S.49, called the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act, [...]

Having lost control of the Congress in the waning years of his ever-divisive and destructive presidency, President Bush has recently issued an executive order that mandates a political appointee in all government agencies that create regulations over businesses and other entities, especially those agencies that protect public health, safety, the environment, civil rights and privacy.
According [...]

At my house, we like to spend some time putting together jigsaw puzzles. It’s a fun family activity that also stretches our minds spatially. So it’s no real surprise that I am a ‘puzzle’ kind of guy. I’ve been looking at a few new puzzle pieces lately though and I am not in the least [...]

George W. Bush is entering the final phase of his presidency, a time when many modern presidents begin to think about what they have achieved as leader of the United States, to think about their ‘legacy.’
Legacy is most commonly described as something left behind by one generation to the next. Sometimes legacy refers to something [...]

Democrats will retake control of the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate too as voters across the United States sent a message to lawmakers in every corner of the nation. In what will rightly be seen as a referendum on the Bush Administration and the culture of corruption that permeates the Republican party, this [...]

233 years ago, our predecessors through off the chains of an oppressive, authoritarian, anti-freedom government. Their success was the first step towards our free and democratic way of life.
233 years later, another George is trying to shackle the freedom and democracy of this great country through an authoritarian and oppressive force of will.
Today you have [...]

The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) recently released their 2nd annual “Most Corrupt Members of Congress Report” and it comes as no surprise that 21 of the top 25 most ethically challenged elected officials are members of the majority Republican party.
Melanie Sloan, executive director of CREW said today, “The officials named in [...]

Last week, the Senate narrowly defeated an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would have criminalized desecration of the American flag.
Dictionary.com defines desecration as “blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character.” This definition, which one must assume the amendment text was using absent any other definition, is one most usually reserved [...]

(Note: This article ended up being rather lengthy, more so than I anticipated. Expect a good five minutes to get through this one. - KG)
Progressives like me make a point of hammering the Bush administration for every misstep it takes. And to be fair, they make it pretty easy for us, what with banner moments [...]

Dysfunctional Democracy
California’s 50th District primary election is being touted as a victory by both the Republican Party (their candidate won) and the Democratic Party (their candidate didn’t lose by as much as usual), but the truth is that this election was nothing less than a loss for all things democratic. Why would I say this?
Here [...]